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Albatros D.V & Sopwith Pup Instruments - 1:32 Yahu models


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Albatros D.V & Sopwith Pup Instruments

1:32 Yahu models


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Yahu models of Poland specialise in pre coloured photo etched instrument panels in all the common scales. Received for review are a pair of sets for the 1:32 scale Wingnut Wings kits of the Albatros D.V and Sopwith Pup.

Both sets are very simple and will mostly directly replace kit decals to give a more three dimensional look. The instrument faces are very finely printed and readable under a magnifying glass. The separate bezels can be glued on with Johnsons kleer, which will not only hold them in place but also act as the glazing.

Set YML3202 contains instruments located at various places around the cockpit of the Alabatros. It had no conventional instrument panel, rather the compass was on the floor, the tachometer between the guns, fuel pressure gauge on the cockpit side, and a small panel holding switches for various valves.

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These switches are very finely reproduced on the second brass fret in this set, and will require that you sand off the moulded versions on part A39 in the kit. They should look extremely good, and give finer detail than is possible with injection moulding.

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Set YML3203 provides dial faces and bezels for the Sopwith Pup's instrument panel, part A13, and is suitable for both the RFC and RNAS releases. Again the detail printing is very fine, down to the individual screw heads on the bezels. It may be necessary to lightly sand the moulded bezels on part A13 to flatten them and enable fitting of the etched replacements. Again, Johnsons Kleer can be used as a combined adhesive/glazing.

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Conclusion.
Wingnut Wings kits are already very complete, so people might ask why would you need to apply any aftermarket to them? The answer here is that the brass etch is extremely fine and offers enhanced detail over the injection moulded equivalents. Few of us would be capable of accurately painting in the screw heads on the bezels to a consistent and correctly spaced size. These sets therefore are aimed at the serious modeller who wants to take what are already very good kits up to an even higher level. (Yahu do some other lovely sets which are shown on their website, the one for the Revell 1:32 Spitfire looks spectacular).

Highly recommended


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