review Review:- Airscale 1/24 Detail parts.

[Guest Nigelr32]

Airscale manufacture cockpit detail parts for 1/48 to 1/24 scale aircraft models. The company manufactures generic Placards, Bezels and dials for IP's, but also make one off dedicated upgrades for some 1/24 scale kits. these can be seen here, at Airscale's site http://www.airscale.co.uk/panels.php

Here we will cover the Airscale Panel Decals for the 1/24 Airfix Mosquito code AS24 MOSA. We all know the kit comes with a clever "first" for Airfix, where they pre fit the decal to the back of the clear instrument glazing panel. Often, the Decal is out of register with the plastic, (On my example it was a long way out. A quick email to Airfix was swiftly followed with a replacement), and the bezel part is very thick, which means the decal is way back behind the panel, so when you look down on, (across), the IP the gauges disappear.

Peter at Airscale simply wasn't happy with this, so he made this set available to all of us... Thanks Peter.

Here is the front of the set, showing the real IP and a small picture of what you get on the sheet.



Here we have a very comprehensive set of instructions, taking you step by step through the fitting process, using the supplied decals and acetate sheet.



This is the actual sheet itself, measuring 55mm x 35mm. As can be seen, we also get decals for the auxiliary panel and radio faces.

Next up we have the 1/24 Allied Placards set for all US and UK Aircraft of WW2 code AS24 PLA. This set is very similar to the 1/32 set reviewed earlier, and will enhance the cockpit of your 1/24 kits.

The front cover of the packaging, showing the sheet itself and describing what the set is for..



Here we have the instructions, giving directions on how to fit the decals and some information about what the placards were used for. All you need to do is research where they go in your particular model.



Now we move onto the sheet itself, measuring 104mm x 60mm. the printing is perfectly in register and very crisp..



You know I said crisp, well get these two pics...





There are enough decals on the sheet to build more than one kit, so these sets from Airscale work out to be very reasonable financially, when compared to some other dedicated sets that only do one model.

Thanks very much to Peter from Airscale for these decals, you've done a great job Pete!!

http://www.airscale.co.uk/index.php

[LSP_Kevin]

Another nice review Nige. I've reviewed the placard set on the website previously, and swear I did the panel sets as well, but can't find them! Oh, I've tagged this thread as a review too.

 

Kev