How is it best to apply the insignias to my Roadkill model?

I appreciate the quick response to my email. I think I heard you say that you prited the markings on label stock. I am going to try to print on some of the water-slide dacal stock, it may save some weight. I'll let you know what happens.

From : Don Stackhouse

I'd recommend against that, the printer relies on the color of the paper to create the color white, such as in the Chinese insignias. I used label stock, but you could also use regular bond paper (15# should be adequate, and lighter than the usual 20#), then stick it on with 3-M 77 or something similar. If you don't go overboard with the glue, it should be lighter than label stock. A thin strip of Balsaloc or Balsarite just around the edges and then ironed-on should also work.

I believe it was Thayer Syme who told me he printed insignias for his P-38 on bond paper, then sanded the back side of the paper to save some more weight. I asked him about using tissue instead, but he pointed out that tissue does not have the necessary opacity.

Don Stackhouse
DJ Aerotech