BritJet Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 G-ASLW served with the RAF as WS829 before being sold to Rolls-Royce in September 1963 for use as a photographic chase plane. It was sold in July 1969 and after it was attempted to illegally export the aircraft to the Biafran Air Force ran short of fuel and ditched in the sea off the Cape Verde Islands. This is the old Matchbox Meteor NF14 with home made decals. Thanks for looking. Steve 47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Good looking Civvie Meteor 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Now that is one Meteor I have not seen, love the scheme and the short story of it's demise, another to add to my 'to-do' list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 that looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Wow. That's a stunner. Never seen this aircraft before. A terrific paint finish and a surprisingly contemporary scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Now that's a real eye catching paint scheme. It's an absolute beauty. I think you're on a bit of a roll at the minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Well that came out different, I love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Very nice paint job - very striking Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 Cheers, more of the story here if you're interested The Rolls-Royce Spitfire was in a similar scheme before it was camouflaged. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Very cool indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 Thanks, Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackman Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 How did you create the decals? Especially the white ones? They look great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 I drew the artwork in CorelDraw and after a couple of test prints on normal paper to check size and shape, printed it onto decal paper. I've got a laser printer that takes a white toner cartridge so those parts were printed on that whilst the dark blue ones were printed on my inkjet printer. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingswear1 Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Lovely model, I was hoping the decals might be available by an aftermarket supplier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Joyce Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Very nice and colorful Meteor, Steve! Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael51 Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 The most eye-catching civil scheme seen in quite some time. Very interesting back story too. The things some people get up to is amazing (I refer to the pilot and the organisers of that last flight). Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Very nice build of a less than perfect kit. I remember seeing this aircraft and the Spitfire in the Rolls-Royce house colours over our house at Mapperley when I was a plane mad teenager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 That's a cracking build of the Matchbox kit ina great scheme too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 Thanks for the kind comments, it's a shame the real aircraft had a sad ending. Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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