Growler Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 (edited) Hi all. In previous reviews of the Airfix Mossie, it seems to me that the kit came with instruments pre-printed on the faces of the clear portion of the panel. Somebody please confirm that I'm not insane. Edited August 23, 2016 by Growler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David66 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Yes, the instrument faces were printed on the rear face of the dials. The whole cockpit is very nicely detailed and the rest of the kit fits beautifully. There are a few upgrades available to give it a bit of a boost, I'd certainly recommend the Airscale cockpit set, Master .303 MG barrels and a set of seat belts would also be a good idea...... As for your sanity, I really couldn't say, the small purple mouse that lives in my belly-button keeps telling me that everyone else is either a figment of my imagination or the earthly projections of a race of pan-dimensional super-beings......... I really should stop eating those dodgy looking 'shrooms ! Anthony in NZ, Christoffer Lindelav and Jeff 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growler Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 I thought so, and was the main reason for me buying this kit, however, mine has perfectly smooth instrument faces on the main clear part. Mine has no engraving! Not happy!!! David66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunpowder Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 They are printed on the decal sheet now. David66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunpowder Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 (edited) They havent changed to tooling. They just stopped printing the decals on the fronts of the dials , giving decals instead. I have built a few of these and on the ones i had the printed faces were a bit off center , decals are much better Edited August 25, 2016 by gunpowder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growler Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 Thanks guys. I bought the kit for that feature. David66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David66 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Damn! I didn't know they'd switched from instrument faces printed onto the clear I.P parts to decals. That must be on the re-issued kit, we had a couple in the shop but I never had a chance to look at one. Up until about a week ago I had one of the original, printed I.P, parts from the first kit. Guess that's neither here nor there now, however I would strongly recommend the Airscale 1/24th scale Mosquito I.P set. The Airfix parts were nice but the Airscale stuff is phenomenal ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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