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Terrific work Mike! You did fantastic here. Don't worry about the silvered decals; I have also had them silver on me despite having a smooth gloss surface. Sometimes it is even the decals themselves; I tried to eliminate the 'silvering' on one set once only to find that the decals were printed in a matte finish. Once I shot a dull coat on top of them, the 'silvering' went away.

For those decals still silvering, take a brand new Exacto blade or very sharp pin and poke holes in the decals; preferably in the clear areas around the colored parts.Then apply a decals solvent to them. Micro Sol is one good one but for those really stubborn decals; Solvaset from Walthers is the 'nuclear option' that works very well.

Thanks Duke. Ill try that.
Oddly it was just the wing ones. Those big letters down the side are one big decal with a massive sheet of clear. I was petrified they were going to silver. But a coat of microset and few runs of microsol did the trick to get them laid down nice.