USAF Thunderbirds decals

How do you affix the large underside decal if the wheel bay doors are oipen? Do you have to cut up the decal into pieces or are they already cut up in most Thunderbird 1/48 kits?

Ive only built the Academy 1/48 Thunderbird F-16 kit. In that case, the decals were cut up in pieces for the gear doors, etc. where needed.

Here is the decal sheet from Trumpeter’s F-100D Thunderbird

The decals for the 1/48 Tamiya F-16 are also in different sections, and can be applied to the landing gear doors separately.

Same with the Hasegawa F-16’s