I bought several sets of decals for my A&A pieces. all of the other sets were fantastic. this set however is a little difficult. they are not printed as individual decals. the whole sheet is one decal so you need to cut out each individual number very closely. additionally, you need to soak them for very long until they fall of the sheet. otherwise, you will rip them. finally, they are overall very fragile. you will accidentally destroy a few before you figure out how to baby them into position. once you figure out the tricks, they eventually look good after applying settling solution. it does add to the pieces. however, if you're working with large armies, make these decals the last thing you do since they will take a lot of time to work with. again, these were the only decals I had problems with. the rest of the sets of HGB decals I bought look outstanding and are easy to work with.