Decal Softener

I'm not a fan of waterslide decals, but they can make life a heck of a lot easier when it comes to adding markings to these little aeroplane models.I have hand-painted them in the past, and no doubt I will do so again, but getting everything clean and geometrically perfect with my sausage-fingers is a massive pain in the arse.The down-side to using decals is that you're pretty well stuck to whatever sizes you have on the sheet. These decals from miscmini.com are pretty easy to handle, though they're printed on a continuous film, so they need to be trimmed quite close to the image.However, they do often need a bit of help to conform to an uneven surface, and that's where a decal softening solution comes in.I had an old bottle of Mr Mark Softer, which worked well in its day, but it got so old it was basically just water.Fortunately, decal softener is cheap and easy to make yourself.The Recipe40% white vinegar40% isopropyl alcohol 20% water (preferably distilled)A drop of dish soap to…