Estes Black Brant II Kit #1958 Build, Part 1 Parts

Initially the parts seemed to be of good quality. I'll get into the concerns later on.

The newer kit had a blue engine mount tube, the older kit had the stronger brown tube.
Parts of interest from the left going clockwise: A red coupler, the tail cone, three toothpick antennas, the water-slide decal sheet and the nose cone in the center.

Here's the stick on decal sheet from the newer kit. You might be able to use these if you cut right on the edges of the ink.
The problem is the C.A.R.D.E and the nine small white "CC II A 16" stickers. Those would have clear borders around the print images.