Some progress today, but not perfect.
Making my own stencils was always going to be one of the harder jobs, and without a good tool for it beyond a scalpel, a pencil, a ruler and some adhesive film I got to work.
They are FAR from perfect, but tomorrows job will be to fix them up and neaten up some lines with some tamiya tape and paint.
Also, I know I said I wouldn't do it as it isn't recommended to do so by Eduard themselves, but I removed the film on the fin flashes as I just couldn't get it to all sink despite drowning it in Micro-Sol.
I'll be honest, not a huge fan of the change. On one had the removable film works fairly well honestly, but as it's not recommended there's no point really thinking of it. I don't find these new decals to settle down quite as well as the older ones did as the carrier film if not removed is quite thick and leaves a fairly noticeable edge.
Regardless, KL-B recieved a clear coat over the wings to protect the decals from masking tape and the wing walk lines will be painted on, followed by the last of the stencils on the wings. After that is clear coat and weathering time.