I printed out an engine sticker for my YT-1300 from:

http://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/93292/premade-falcon-engine-sticker

and glued it on my model. It definitely adds a nice finishing touch and I'm very happy! I am wondering if there are any such engine sticker template for the Firespray or Lambda? It would especially help the Lambda I think.

YT-1300 (with sticker)

Lambda (needs a sticker)

Firespray (needs a sticker)

I doubt it as the are both curved in more than one axis.

I doubt it as the are both curved in more than one axis.

The Lambda's engines are definitely flat enough to make it work just fine.

You are right about the Firespray though, there is definitely more curvature. However, the engines are small enough and recessed enough that a tiny dab of super glue in the center would hold the stickers on great even if you didn't contour them perfectly to the engine.

TBH they are fairly easy to paint, I'll see if I can dig out my instructions from A Few Maneuvers

All three of those have a blue/turquoise glow, so I would get hold of a reasonably deep turquoise and white.

Start by painting the whole area turquoise. You want to then mix in some white with the turquoise, and paint leaving a bit of the original turquoise around the edges. You can make this even smouther by wet blending, to do this put the paint on, then wet your brush a bit and then use it to feather out the colour before it dries (by feather I mean lots of small strokes pulling a bit of the color out into the background area). Then carry on progressively adding more white to the mix and working inwards until the last layer is a fine line (or spot point) of pure white.

Hope that helps

You need more colours for a red engine, because as you say it will discolour to pink if you just add white. I use a deep red (GW Red gore), which I then work to a bright red (GW Blood Red), then mix to an Orange (GW Fiery Orange), then to a yellow (GW Bad Moon Yellow), and then finally to a pale ivory (Vallejo pale sand).

Note that I'm still using old GW paints you may need to go for newer equivalents.