Stickers On The Quest Cobalt

The picture above shows a finished Quest Cobalt build. It's a short, 4 fin, nose cone model with streamer recovery.

The stickers require some extra attention. On the two blue fins some triangle stickers are applied.

To be sure I got the positions consistent, I traced the fin on cardstock and cut out a triangle the size of the stickers.

After peeling off the backing, dip the sticker in water so the adhesive won't fully grab. The water allows for lifting and repositioning. Don't use water on a sticker unless the fins are sealed and painted. 

Some Quest kits have self adhesive backed paper stickers. Don't use water on paper stickers! Water is fine if the decal is printed on clear plastic. 

Push the template into the root edge and slide the stickers underneath held on a clean knife blade. Try not to touch sticky back side with your fingers.

The Nuclear symbol won't fit the curved taper of the nose cone without some cuts and overlays.

Two cuts were made from the top almost halfway into the sticker.

Set only the vertical centerline of the sticker on the nose cone, leaving the left and right sides up and off the surface. Press just the center area down onto the nose cone from top to bottom.

The inset picture shows the right side of the sticker laying over only the center section.

Here's how the nose cone sticker ends up. 

The left and right sides are rolled down with with a little overlap at the cut lines.

Not perfect, but better than raised folds at the top.