Estes Citation Patriot, #000652 Build, Part 9, Decal Alignment

The registration of the blue shield and red bars were slightly out of line.
I decided to cut these apart and try to line them up when transferring to the model.

The vertical USA decals are applied on opposite sides of the tube. Line the first USA decal up, centered above the black fin. A strip of masking tape rolled around the tube helped get both USA decals at the same height.

The cut and separated red bars were then centered above the USA decals.

GOTCHA: Be ready, these decals are almost too thin! They will easily fold over on themselves.
TIP: Before setting down a decal, wet the tube! Rub a wet finger over the area where the decal go.

The seams were rolled over and smoothed with a wet Q-tip.

The first Eagle is centered over the black fin. Notice the light blue backing sheet is kept on the decal and slid back as the decal is applied.

When the rest of the decal is rolled around the body tube, the second eagle should be centered between the two white fins on the launch lug side.







Look close to find the gold decal overlap. The seam can only be seen when the light hits it.