Originally Posted by B1N9S

Thanks mate, I do try and shove in as much detail as I can as it does make a lot of difference to the end result.

Making your own decals is so simple. buy waterslide paper, 2 types inkjet or laser depending on your printer (they will not work if not correct type). I use a mixture of MS Paint, Adobe Illustrator and MS Word to do the artwork.

Sometimes it is simply a matter of finding the correct image from 'tinternet and resizing it and sometimes more difficult like the Mexico decals which are from scratch in Illustrator. You can resize images in MS Word in CM and without losing any of the resolution.

Once printed give them a protective layer of acrylic lacquer before applying them or the print will come off when you soak them !!! If you have painted the car, apply the decals before clear and just go over them as normal, which will seal them in.

If you are just applying them to a pre painted model, then apply them and either use "Humbrol decal fix" or similar or use some thinned down 1k lacquer and a soft brush to seal them.

Good luck.