Semroc Snake Jumper Build, Part 7, Paint and Decals

The Centuri instructions say you really don't have to paint the model, in that kit, the parts were already white. They did say the model would look better with an overall sprayed gloss white.
Mine has a white tube (with sanded primer on it) and the nose cone was balsa so I had to paint. No masking, just white.

As it usually goes, there was a blob of paint on the model.

TIPS: Sometimes you can carefully shave off the paint blob with a new single edge razor blade. This beats sanding and shooting with more paint.
This area will be covered by a decal. That paint blob would have raised the decal surface.

Many of the decals had to be cut right on the color line so there wouldn't be any clear borders.

Dry fit before soaking to see what needs to be trimmed.

Joining these two decals at the root edge of the long top fin was tricky but it can be done.

This is one of those models where the decals make the kit.