Fix the windscreen surround first then decal. Why? I've decaled onto both gloss and matt paint. If it's a rally car with the works Subaru colours they will show up very well. Be careful that they are in good condition or they will fall apart in the water! I always spray at least two coats of clear gloss onto old decals (drying for a few hours between coats) then cafefully cutting around the decals closely before dipping into warm water and laying up.
These are laid up on a matt black paint finish.
It's going well Bernard! I'm also watching this on other sites. I can't comment on the SA site as I can't log into it any more as with Finescale (No Kalmbach at all!)! The old Lotus cast alloy wheels are also looking good and as you say a bit more shaving back on those.
Ah Thomas being in the UK we don't see many if any American cars, they are just to thirsty, we are paying 1:42 per litre now that's about £5:60 per gallon!
The front end of my Lego Large Scale Land Rover Discovery, engine (pistons up and down), Steering, Suspension and Winch with winding gear!
The seats are under construction now....
With Lego it's finding the parts from 25 bags!