04-24-2009, 07:47 PM
You did a nice job on these, too, Josh. 
As others have said, put the decals on before the weathering. A coat of clear gloss finish on the walls before applying the decals will make them easier to apply and easier to hide, too. After they're in place, you can apply a decal setting solution such as Walthers Solvaset, to get the decal to "snuggle down" into the board detail. After the initial application of Solvaset has dried completely, use a fresh blade in your X-Acto to slice the decal at every "board", then apply more Solvaset. After it has completely dried again, you can sand it lightly with fine sandpaper to weather it, then an overspray of clear flat finish will kill the shine and make the decal disappear. Then you can add any additional weathering.
Wayne
As others have said, put the decals on before the weathering. A coat of clear gloss finish on the walls before applying the decals will make them easier to apply and easier to hide, too. After they're in place, you can apply a decal setting solution such as Walthers Solvaset, to get the decal to "snuggle down" into the board detail. After the initial application of Solvaset has dried completely, use a fresh blade in your X-Acto to slice the decal at every "board", then apply more Solvaset. After it has completely dried again, you can sand it lightly with fine sandpaper to weather it, then an overspray of clear flat finish will kill the shine and make the decal disappear. Then you can add any additional weathering.
Wayne