Wednesday, 9 November 2016

Meteor strike

First out of the plastic pile from my recent purchase is this duo of Meteors. These required no repair work and all the decals were intact so the work involved was limited to varnishing over the decals.
The camouflaged specimen is - I believe - a FROG kit of the Mk8.  It's pretty basic but the lack of fripperies has probably helped it's survival.

I think this white version is the Airfix MkIII.  The the paint finish is certainly unusual, but given that snow is falling as I type this, it might be just the thing!


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10 comments:

  1. Robert (Bob) Cordery9 November 2016 at 13:46

    The good old Meteor! One of my favourite early jet fighters. As a child I remember seeing a flight of them going over our house on a training flight (they were silver overall, with trainer markings).

    A great addition to your Little Cold War collection.

    All the best,

    Bob

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  2. Tim Gow9 November 2016 at 15:09

    Bob Cordery
    Given the accident rate of Meteors you did well to survive that experience!

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  3. Pete.9 November 2016 at 18:05

    Nice models Tim. They still fly one as a testbed for ejector seat at Martin Barker.

    Cheers,

    Pete.

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  4. Don M9 November 2016 at 18:09

    Always liked the Meteor, a very nice haul there!

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  5. Al9 November 2016 at 19:52

    my favourite jet aircraft, nice one Tim

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  6. Tim Gow9 November 2016 at 22:42

    Pete
    From what I know of the crash statistics I'd certainly want an ejector seat in a Meteor!

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  7. Tim Gow9 November 2016 at 22:42

    Don M
    It an elegant wee thing.

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  8. Tim Gow9 November 2016 at 22:43

    Al
    Happy to oblige. I'm sure I'll be posting more of your favourites soon.

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  9. Wg Cdr Luddite13 November 2016 at 19:20

    When 616 Sqn arrived on the Continent they painted all their Meteors white because the US aircraft were in the habit of shooting down anything without propellors.

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  10. Tim Gow14 November 2016 at 13:18

    Wg Cdr Luddite
    I knew there'd be a good reason for it.

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