water slide decals are very simple to apply and easy to fix it in place. the process may be longer but the results are better than the usual clear stickers. so how would you know if your decals are water slide? the paper backing comes in a darker shade of blue. and is usually sold separately from the kits, but some kits do come with waterslide decals.

lets start by obtaining a set of waterslide decals, it can be bought in most stores selling gunpla.
if not, i do believe that some are also sold through the internet.



every gundam kit has a decal guide in the back of its manual, its pretty easy to find and i doubt you are gonna miss something like it.

decide which part you would want to work on first and find its specific decals on the manual.


 once thats done, locate the decal on the decal sheet provided.

each decal has its specific number, find the number you require on the sheet.

cut the needed decal using your cutter, leave a small border from the decal your cutting.

using your tweezers dip your decal in a small plate of water. keep it submerged for 15 and above seconds, moistening the sheet would allow the decal to easily slide off properly. but keep it down too long and it might float off the sheet instead, getting it back is quite tricky.


before placing the decal apply mr. mark setter on the surface of the piece.


using some q tips gently slide the decal from the sheet unto the piece.
(picturing the process is quite hard)

finished.

there are  three types of decal/sticker commonly used in gunpla modeling:

 the ever so special, foil sticker.

the most common one, comes with most gundam models. there is this type ^, and some another clear one, usually in comes in a larger set. it doesn't matter anyway, they work the same. you peel the sticker off its backing and carefully attach to it's designated area in your gundam.

next one is the etching decal, decals that are on a clear hard plastic sheet with a white backing,
 very easy to use. cut out the decal you need, put the decal over the part, then etch the back of the decal with something flat like a nickel, your nails, the back of your tweezers etc. just put enough pressure to scratch off the decal without leaving pieces of the decal stuck to the backing, if there are pieces of the backing still attached to the clear sheet, put it back down and continue etching until it sticks to the piece.