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My entry for this GB is the reasonably nice Cyberhobby (Dragon) kit of the Meteor FIII in 1/72nd scale. The kit has nice surface detail and I have heard good reports of it. There are a couple of issues though. The designer has mistaken the balance area of the elevator as part of the fixed area of the tailplane. Not difficult to fix, but annoying. More seriously, is the gaping hole in the engine intakes where there should be the face of a Rolls-Royce Derwent 1. I intend to finish the aircraft as EE286. This aircraft was flown by the short-lived second Meteor Squadron, 504 'County of Nottingham'. The squadron was equipped with Meteor FIIIs between March and August 1945, before being renumbered as 245. I have yet to find a photo of a 504 Squadron FIII, but EE286 was known to be on the squadron as 'TM Q' and was also coded as 'Q' with 245. It is shown in JDR Rawlings book 'Fighter Squadrons of the RAF', and I assume that the codes were just repainted. When 504 became a RAuxAF squadron again, it received Meteor F.4s after a time on Mosquitos and Spitfires. Oddly enough, the instructions give no indications as to colours of the cockpit, undercarriage etc. My main references are shown below, although other books etc. have been studied- 25 replies
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