Perfect result, my friend @alfred! Net available pics will help you a lot to determine the stance of the air brakes when deployed.

Hi guys, bad luck …

Unfortunately I made a terrible mistake with the buzz number decal.

Its offset is not correct and as such the pre-cut star and bars sign does not fit in its original place on the air brake anymore.

I decided to leave it as is and accept the mistake as correction is just too much hassle if not impossible as the decal was already protected by a layer of gloss.

So, the star and bars are now also positioned approximately 5 mm offset and will be cut to allow the air brake to be re-opened in a next bench session.

With hindsight I realize I should have done the pre-cut star and bars on the air brakes first, so you learn every day.

The tedious process of applying stencils did not make me happy either, so I’m done for today, pfff … 😒

1 attached image. Click to enlarge.

Sorry to hear this, Alfred @alfred
In the end when you have the air brakes open, it will be hardly noticable.

No worries, my friend @alfred: will look great in the end, hardly noticeable. As one of my ex-commanders used to say "many will see, very few will notice".

Air brake decals operation successfully completed ✔️
It was quite nerve wrecking, I must admit.
Also some more stencils applied, sigh 😌

2 attached images. Click to enlarge.

Look great, Alfred (@alfred). Nice job on the speed brakes. Not much left to complete.

Thanks my friends @gblair @fiveten @johnb
Still a lot of stencils to go, undercarriage and some other bits and things.
But we are getting there, to be continued …