Try to keep oily fingerprints off the back of the stickers. Clean and wipe off your hobby knife blade and wash your hands before lifting a sticker.
Fingerprints will show up, locked under the clear plastic on your finished model!
Lift the sticker with the clean blade trying not to touch the sticky backside.
Dip the sticker under water. The wet sticky side will allow lifting and repositioning.
For years I doubted that dipping a plastic print sticker in water would help with positioning. I was wrong - It works!
Wet the area on the rocket where the sticker will be set. With the back of the sticker also still wet, set it onto the model.
Lift and position if needed. After a few tries, if it starts to get too sticky you can re-dip in the water.
Notice the horizontal line of the star. It should be parallel to the shelf or tabletop if the model were standing on the fin tips.
TIP: The stars all have the same print "damaged" edges. The other stars should be rotated so the rough edges seem different on all fins.
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