Stripe 101

[elan_fan]

OK trying to fit the decal kit and i've got a couple of questions.

 

1 centre stripes- I've cut the decal in half and cleaned/wet the panel, the positions are marked up with low tack tape and I peel the backing off and slide the decal into position. I smooth it down and go to pull the decal "fronting" off and it tries to pull the decal off the panel so I peel off and re position the decal and smooth over. done the nosecone and looks nice but is this correct or is there a better technique. The "fronting is a double layer in places down the edge and so I can't do the final line up with the "fronting" on as I can't see through to the decal

 

2 side stipes- if I do the above the Caterham script is going to look s**t so I can't be doing it right

 

what am I doing wrong