The gold (not a real shiny gold) cockpit cover folds over the front of the long top fin. Looking back I probably should have rounded the leading edge.
I had to lightly pinch and pull back on the decal to get it to conform to the edge.
The nose cone decals never want to fit the contour shape. Wrinkles will show up.
Roll a damp Q-tip over the surface smoothing out the wrinkles. Check it as it dries, sometimes the wrinkles come back.
Align the SNAKE JUMPER side decals by looking down the body from the front. Check the spacing against the root edge of the wing.The X2 decals go on last, set along the same base line of the SNAKE JUMPER decals.
There were two small intake decals that go between the Snake Jumper and X-2 name decals. I must have thrown them away. I might draw and print them later on.
I would have thought the wheel decals should have been printed in black, not blue. There is other black ink on the decal sheet. Checking the online Centuri decal scan, they were printed blue.
To see the original kit decals: CLICK HERE
Up until a couple of years ago you could get the decals and fiberboard fin set for the Sky Cycle and make your own Centuri clone. Didn't realize until reading this build that the Snake Jumper was a Groonie version of the Sky Cycle. The Snake Jumper kit is OOP, but you can still order the decals, series 18 body tube, centering rings, nose cone, and fin set from erockets. Instructions can be downloaded from the old Semroc website. Wait...………...Arrgghh! One more rocket in my build pile! Curse you Michielssen! ; )
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