Quest AS-1 Escort Canopy Decal Problems

I ran into this problem a few years back on the Dyna Star LexxJet. The LexxJet  canopy detail was a thick plastic sticker. There was no way it could lay flat and conform to the curvature of the nose cone.
This AS-1 Escort kit is a thinner water slide decal but I had the same problem.

It's not explained in the instructions but you have to insert the nose cone, apply the decal then cut it at the nose cone / body tube joint.
Doing it this way allows you to work out some of the wrinkles at the nose cone shoulder.

The nose cone itself takes more work.
With a new razor blade the raised wrinkles at the shoulder lip were slit.
The right inset picture shows the slit area being lifted and then layed over the decal edge underneath.
This will leave some double thickness decal overlays but will look better than the raised folds.

After the decal dries, the overlay on the shoulder lip is trimmed off with a razor blade.