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I figure PVA glue will be my best bet. Should i thin it a little with water? Also it's probably prudent to varnish the resulting piece to make it more durable. Would lahmian medium work?

Alkaline_Hound wrote:
I figure PVA glue will be my best bet. Should i thin it a little with water? Also it's probably prudent to varnish the resulting piece to make it more durable. Would lahmian medium work?

Have you considered buying printable decal sheets from model railroading stores? They are compatible with standard computer printers and you can just cut the resulting prints and then apply them onto plastic like a regular decal.

PVA works fine for me, and I do thin it a bit,
be careful after applying it as I've torn some that get too saturated, and have had some color prints that run when wet or get smudged,

and a coat of varnish always helps;\
I usually put gloss varnish where the image will go,
then gloss coat it once dried after gluing,
then cover with matt varnish