Australia's first Gloster Meteor - 1:72 Cyberhobby (Dragon) F3

[SimonL]

Finished at last! I present the Cyberhobby (Dragon) 1/72 Gloster Meteor F3 completed as Australia's first Meteor A77-1. This aircraft was delivered in June 1946, but it didn't have a long career being written off after a heavy landing in February 1947. Some nice photos can be found here: http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Meteor-A77-1. The boxing I had came with the extra RAAF decals, and I made some minor modifications to the basic kit to better represent the Australian airframe (spade grip joystick and some etched seatbelts scavenged off some long gone Spitfire, and modifications to the exhaust pipes to represent the shorter exhaust Derwent engines). The build thread can be found here. Finished with brush painted Tamiya acrylics as always. Thanks for looking.

 

 

 

 

 

And here it is paired with the CMR resin DH Vampire F1 A78-1, Australia's first Vampire which I finished earlier in the year.

 

 

 

 

[Markie Smizzle]

Nice work

[Mr Modeller]

That's a beautiful Meteor Simon and skilfully painted, all the more so as you say it's brush painted? A very impressive finish with a brush, I must say. Looks great next to the Vampire - well done!   

 

Kev

[PlaStix]

Beautiful job Simon - that looks excellent! Very well done.   

Kind regards,

Stix

[Peter Lloyd]

Your skill with a brush and Tamiya acrylics is a source of wonderment to me.