Estes LTV Scout, Build, Part 20, Oops! & Upper Decals

Oops! I gave the fins two days to dry before the final shot of black paint. It happens to all of us! I should have waited another day. Plastic takes longer to dry than paint on balsa or Kraft tubes.

The paint crazed on one side of a fin. I'll sand and reshoot before gluing onto the model. 

I tried the old, kit decals. To my surprise, they were fine!

They stuck and conformed pretty well. I did have to slice the decals where they rolled over a tube/adapter seam.

The red lines decals can help hide the tube joint. 

I'll have to use some decal solvent to insure it stays down over the tube/adapter connection.

Below is the complete decaled upper section which will descend on an added 12" chute.