Got the Blue Grey painted a couple of days ago when I did the Wildcat, I'll be glossing it in a couple of days.

I used "white tac" removable poster adhesive. It's like blue tac but not nearly as sticky.
That allowed me to bend the line around the fuselage insignia and get a slight feathered edge. Lucky for me VT-3's color separation line dropped straight down from the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer. So far I've been able to avoid having to repaint the light grey. Hope to get more done tonight.

You can get just about anywhere they sell school/office supplies, it comes under multiple brand names, I used the Scotch brand I got at Office Depot. Here's a picture of Elmers version, it all looks the same.

Okay life keeps getting in the way but I've managed to get the major decals on my TBD-1.
Decals are from the Starfighter USN at Midway set and they worked great. After talking to Mark about getting the decals to settle over the corrugations, I used hot water, Micro Sol, a hair drier and gentle pressure. I'm very happy with the results.

More when I start to weather it.
Cheers,
Rick

Rick, looks really good! Corrugated surfaces are always a concern.

Your decals turned out really good. I had some problems with mine on the corrugated wing surfaces on my TBD build. They didn't want to snuggle down into the valleys and had air gaps there. I like your approach ... You just about have this one wrapped up... Looking Good !

Apologies for the repetition but the paint job is really impressive and the decals have gone down beautifully. Although I possess very little hair, I do believe my wife's hairdryer may be coming on temporary loan from time to time ...