Stearman after first flight. I believe I didn't have enough aileron travel. After takeoff it kept turning left until it made a 360° into a lamp pole at about 15 feet altitude.

Next attempt will be with full aileron travel with a bit of rudder mixed in.

Thanks to a suggestion by Duke 58 on ezone I did another decal. This time I used white paper instead of clear and filled the area behind the Phoenix with as close a match to the blue fuselage as I could muster.
The cut edges showed white from the paper so I painted blue around the decal. The closeup above shows that I didn't use enough paint. I also applied the new decal over the old one and didn't align it properly. This all adds up to it not looking as good as it could. I think it's a viable technique that I'll try to get better at in the future. When seen from a short distance as shown in the photo to the right it doesn't look too bad. After all, this is a foamie.

Repaired Stearman. Not too much the worse for wear. I decided to name her Phoenix because she "rose from the ashes." I found the Phoenix graphic in the upper right corner on the web and made an ink jet decal from it. You can barely make out the dark decal on the side of the fuselage under the rear windshield. My Epson doesn't print opaquely enough to cover a dark background.