Decals are provided with this Contrail kit but they were very yellow. I got some decals from my spares box, with the roundels coming from a 1/72 Sea hawk kit and various serials serached from the spare decals.  Finding some decals was not hard as the Seamew did not carry a lot of markings.

As I do not have full information on the Sea Mew, I suggest some details here. But the real plane is very bare and does not show a lot of markings at all.

The model of the Short Seamew vacu was similarly finished as the other FAA models. 
The model was decalled after it got a gloss coat of Johnson Clear varnish. I used also DACO decal setting fluid in certain areas, the decals conforming very well to the underlying surface.

After ample decals drying time, the SeaMew  model got another coat of matt Johnson Clear , realized by mixing into the varnish some Tamiya Matting no. X21 "flat base" agent. A semi matt end effect was achieved.

On the sliding canopy windows, some white striping was applied using whitecut decals to get a more subtle detailling effects.

Finally, the two canopies were fitted and the propeller and to its end an arrestor hook from stretched sprue

  ... can you imagine being a pilot getting into this cockpit... don't break your leg!

The model looks rather nice now and not bad for a vacuform.

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