Thanks for the feedback guys. Great ideas! I posted this in my other message but I'm going to make up a storyboard with the various techniques. I'm especially interested in the Future technique. This link is to an article about decals but speak a great deal about finishes. It was interesting so I thought I would put it here too in case you didn't see it.
http://www.californiamodelworkshop.org/tutorials/decals/decals.htm
I'm not sold on the Testors Dullcoat. I used it years ago and it would "model" on the surface. I really hated that look. Has the product changed or do you have any special way of dealing with that problem? I'm not sure if it was a high altitude thing or something I was doing wrong? Anyway, ideas are appreciated.
Thank you
Dave