The lines in the bases are already cut by our laser. Just use red for the fire arc lines and green for the center line. Wait for the paint to dry, then peal off the plastic cover (image 1).

You will see that any excess paint comes off with the plastic leaving nice fine straight lines. Stick down the ships name sticker on the same side as the lines are cut (image 2).

Now peal of the plastic from the back of the base, leaving you with a perfectly transparent clean base (image 4 & 5).

Glue down the ship to the base. Make sure the ships center is aligned with the bases green line (image 6).

Dab on white paint to the bottom of the base. No need to be careful or fancy, just make sure it goes on around the outside of the ship. A big brush makes this process very quick and much easier.

Dab on a trail of paint from the aft of the ship to the sticker for the ships wake.