Thanks Gary, hopefully my decal woes have been solved.

.....I wanted to try and emulate the hot metal discolouration on the panel around the exhausts so decided to mottle it with some Tamiya smoke, clear blue and clear red. I know I should have done this before the decalling, but thought that if I seal the decals in with some future, I would be able to mask off this area. Did that, then sprayed on the Tamiya smoke. Went to remove the masking and off came the decals with it.
Along with some of the nose chequers .....

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Thanks Gary, hopefully my decal woes have been solved.

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It might not be as long as I suggested Mike, I actually drew the "Nooky Booky" scrip yesterday, I gut need to refine the letter shapes and then add the yellow shadow masks. It will take me a while to write the instruction though as I will do a set specifically for this script, as you are a complete novice at this paint mask lark

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.....I wanted to try and emulate the hot metal discolouration on the panel around the exhausts so decided to mottle it with some Tamiya smoke, clear blue and clear red. I know I should have done this before the decalling, but thought that if I seal the decals in with some future, I would be able to mask off this area. Did that, then sprayed on the Tamiya smoke. Went to remove the masking and off came the decals with it.
Along with some of the nose chequers .....

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Mike, never, never ever use Tamiya Tape or something like that for masking over decals! Always use Parafilm M. That won't hurt the decal. Good luck for the repairs!

Torsten