Hi all,
I am building a 1/25 Charger funny car body and am applying the decals now. In the picture, you can see that the wheel opening on the decal is smaller than the actual wheel opening on the model. What is the proper way to trim out the decal so that it matches the wheel opening on the model?
Do you apply the decal, let it dry and the trim it with an exacto knife using the wheel opening on the model as a guide? Seems that this would leave a ragged edge?
Do you apply the decal, let it dry. Then do you cut slits in the decal up to against the model wheel opening and fold them over, maybe using Micro Sol as an adhesive? Probable wouldn't look very good from underneath with the pie shapes folded over?
Do you apply the decal, let it dry. Then later soak the edge of the decal around the wheel opening with Micro Sol, let it soften and then push/mold it around the wheel opening?
This one has me puzzled. Ideally, Slixx decals would have made the decal opening an exact match to the wheel opening or at least a 1/16th smaller. But instead they left some extra material. This is an older model and Slixx doesn't carry replacement of this decal set anymore, so I only have one chance at this.
Enclosed is a picture below. The decal in the picture is still attached to the backing paper. What do you guys do so that it looks proper?
Thanks