Gloster Meteor III

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Greg Heilers - 23 Jun 2007 16:03 GMT

I would love to build a WWII-era Meteor, in 1/72nd
scale; and it seems that the old Airfix kit is the
only way to go. Does anyone know of an on-line
collection of good reference photos, such as in a
"walk around" format? There are several nice sets
on Hyperscale, but they are of postwar models.
Obviously, the cockpit details would be drastically
different on these later versions; but what about such
things as wheel wells, flap, and speed brake details?
Would they be similar to the Mark III?

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SL - 23 Jun 2007 21:28 GMT

Hi Greg,

Not sure if its any use to you but Hannants have a Meteor Mk.4 as a future
release (http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=XK72007).

You can see a review of their Mk.8 via the following link:
http://kits.kitreview.com/xtrakit72001reviewbg_1.htm

I don't know alot about the meteor but having a quick look on the web
(http://www.airtoaircombat.com/background.asp?id=163&bg=452) the Mk4 had a
longer nacelle due to heavy compressed buffeting at high speed. You may then
be able to make it shorter for the Mk.III?

Cheers,
Stephen.

> I would love to build a WWII-era Meteor, in 1/72nd
> scale; and it seems that the old Airfix kit is the
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> things as wheel wells, flap, and speed brake details?
> Would they be similar to the Mark III?

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