Thank you Mark for the kind words and helpful hints! My roundels behaved far better than the rudder blazes, they all sat right down where they belonged, even in the aileron gaps. as misfortune would have it, my son broke the rudder off. while changing a diaper, I glanced up at it on my workbench, and thought I saw something amiss. I was wrong, but while I was inspecting it, my son walked over and headbutted the tail, snapping the rudder off cleanly and shattering the decals on both sides. I've never seen that happen before! There was no other damage; I can't believe the control horns survived but I am grateful they did! I have a spare set of rudder blazes in my pup kit, so I will try again with those, and if they are reluctant to lay down, I'll try the hair dryer trick first and the solvent if needed. thanks again, and by the way, excellent work on your dolphin!