Toning down instrument panel decals

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I am building a 1/48 kinetic f-18. I just finished painting the instrument panel knobs and switches yesterday and need to apply the dial face decals. I started on the ones on the main console

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The decals are cartograph and quite nice. They’ve snugged down into the dial faces quite nicely. Problem is, the dual outlines are white. This just doesn’t match the real deal

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I was thinking of dry brushing the raised detail to eliminate or town down the white circle outlines. Anyone done this before or have other tips?

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Considering how good they look, I’d probably just leave it as it is if it were mine. You might be able to use a very fine engineer’s pen to remove the circles. Might give more precise control than drybrushing.

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I would do the saem. remember they will be a lot less visible when inside the model