Thanks, guys.
Bish
That looks great, thosde yellow decals look really nice on that surface, i like how they have a soft edge.
Bish, the decals came as a nice surprise. I had already started looking for other options before I 'popped the top' on the kit---pretty much assuming they'd be rubbush---but even for kit decals and with the 'dot printing' of the black stripes pretty obvious at super-close inspection, from anything beyond that they looked great.
Though it was prominently marked that they had been designed by the brilliant folks behind DACO models, there was no indication on the sheet that they'd been printed by Cartograph or any of the known 'outside' printers. Soaking the first small 'tiger' area off the sheet brought what seemed like two bad omens: first, that the yellow hadn't been printed on a white base, and was semi-translucent; and second, that the decal material was what I typically call 'crispy,' with a sort of hard brittle feel to it (that usually means they'll crack and crumble at a glance). Much to my surprise, however, the yellow went down still-bright over the black under-color...and the 'hard' decals proved tough and easy to move into place, and settled down well even before a shot of Solvaset.
I was in modeling heaven! Plus, the complex multi-part 'pattern' matched surprisingly well even around compound curves and such, with only a spot or two of touch-up needed at odd corners or edges where the decal shrank back a bit settling down. Well done, Revell/Germany! I was actually sufficiently impressed to send them a message commending their efforts and quality control.