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Thanks to all who have offered their help. I'm back working on trying a couple of things while I wait for the white inkjet paper to arrive. Since the decals I made on the clear paper turned out pretty good, I'm going to see how laying one over the other as Ed suggested works. The colored part (the crossed sabers) is pretty small and the outline complicated so alignment will be iffy, I think and an edge will probably be noticeable unless trimming the top layer slightly smaller so as to 'step down' the edge might help. In the meantime, a neighbor is letting me use her computer wit

Thanks to all for your responses. Using the Word program that is on my ancient Apple computer I was able to work up a sheet with various sizes of the two images I want to put on the model. All strung out in a row across the very top of the page to limit waste. I printed them on clear inkjet paper and they came out looking good. After letting them dry for about an hour, I applied a couple of light mist coats of Krylon Crystal Clear acrylic coating and let them dry over night. So far, so good. My test piece had black and medium grey areas that I have glossed with future. N

Thanks, Guys dnl42: Glad to hear that my inkjet won't affect the unprinted portion. It seemed reasonable that unprinted areas should pass through unaffected, but we all know what happens when we assume something. There is one small portion of the image that I'm going to have to paint white. My plan is to print and seal the decal(s), then trim to the edge of the image, apply the decal to the model, seal with a couple of light coats of Future, then mask and airbrush the white. The great thing about making my own decal is that I will have some to experiment with on a sacrifi

I'm building the 1/48 Kittyhawk Huey for a neighbor and am making my own decals for the 1st time. I have the images all ready to print on an ink jet printer using Micro-Mark clear ink-jet paper. My question is: If I cut off the portion of the sheet with the images before coating it with Testor's clear acrylic lacquer sealer, can I use the uncoated portion of the sheet that has nothing printed on it for future use? The paper is a little pricy to discard, or does running it through the printer render it unusable. Thanks in advance for your help.