Welcome aboard!
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The custom decals have acted as intended, although came out slightly darker on the model than Iād hoped as well as presenting a fair bit thicker than most OOB decal sheets Iāve ever worked with - Hopefully nothing a light sand at the edges canāt fix
I canāt deny the decal thickness is probably out of an abundance of caution where Iāve put two layers of clear coat over the print instead of just the one
Taking a leaf from The Inner Nerd Scale Modellingās video at 30:18 (https://youtu.be/W3zDmJwpPcY?t=1818), it looks like the best remedy is to clear-coat the model to seal the decals in and then use a 2000 and 3000 grit sanding sponge to do the work to remove these āwitness marksā where the decal appears raised against the model surface
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That is one method. You can also sand them before you apply them.
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Not a bad idea considering:
a) The problem was pretty identifiable after the first decal went down
b) The decal sheet is reprintable, but the paintwork on the vehicle much harder to correct if oversanded
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On large rectangular(ish) decals like the ones you used itās even easier because you can curve the sheet and just feather the edges of each decal.
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Hello!
The inscription turned out well, looks authentic.
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Glad I asked the question.
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@sluff ā¦ Very glad you did too mate, hope your own project turned out well in the end!
@Holger ā¦ Hey, hey! Thanks for checking in and thanks again for your contributions to getting where we are today!
The thick decal issue is pretty much resolved now following a wet-sanding with a small piece of #3000 sanding sponge, a process made much easier thanks to a pair of self-closing tweezersā¦ Ready to seal up and proceed!
Although unintentionally, the sanding even managed to restore some of the surface texture lost when the decal went down - That was a factor contributing to how the decal stood out from from the rest of the turret
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Nicely done! You should do a tutotrial on it. Iām sure thereās a person or two on the site who could benefit from that technique.
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Thanks mate! Itās been a bit of a learn-as-I-go process but Iāll be more than happy to consolidate these learnings for the benefit of others 
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