Thanks guys, one of the fellas at Swanny's forums said he uses Future wax in a very thin coat to seal his laser jett decals, I will try this as a test. I havnt found a bottle of Microscale decal seal yet, but i do have a bottle of the setter.
And I did get the clear sheets, very careful with that choice- I'll trim the heck out of them and get it to work.
The shuttle is primed flat grey, when it's ready for the final it will be painted flat black (to help darken the next coat) , then sprayed with MM chrome silver as a base. Once this has cured i'll lightly give it a good detailing touch up on the highlights and edges with Alclad II aluminum- the normal tone, NOT the high gloss!
Then it gets a misting of Alclad II transparent blue on the edges, I tried this on my saucer and this works nice! it gives the colors an almost blue steel appearance. Then gloss to smooth it all out, decals and then a misting of Tamiya acrylic smoke (maybe) to help some shadowing- then it gets glossed again. I may not try the smoke depending on the final tone of the aluminum- sounds like a lot of work, and it is- but I'm gonna shoot for this thing to have a finish like glass.