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Oddjob:
The black is always painted on and the decal is the separator between the main colour and the black panel sorry to say Dave. Some people have the stripe painted on rather than use a decal. If it's a decal there is a small bump where it's attached, if it's painted it's generally flat. Either is ok with me but given the choice I'd go for painted lines.

Your pic looks like the later 550K tank rather than the 500K, different type of fuel tap.

Davelu88:
Hi Ken , yea the pic is just a generic one it was the decal shape I was highlighting,  I have emailed  Piki so see what he says but even if it can be done it may be a challenge  to put on a tank 😉

philward:
Dave, the key thing that I found when putting my decal on my tank(I position and then fitted the decals for my painter before he painted the black over the gold) was getting the positioning measurements from a member who has the decals in the right place. A member on here provided pictures with measurements from front, back and upper of the tank badge.
I positioned the decal on with small pieces of masking tape. The painter then used fine masking tape to track the decal shape/position and sprayed the black below the masking tape. The decal was then positioned over the joint between the two colours.
I'll try and find the original photo's/measurements that were provided to me by a very experienced/knowledgeable member on here

philward:
Here you go

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philward:
And how it turned out in my case

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