BritJet Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Frog F4 1/72 with extended nacelles used to test reheat, with homemade decals Steve 27 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin W Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 A very significant prototype in the development of the jet engine. First time I've seen anyone attempt a model of it so great kudos to you for your efforts. A very unusual scheme as well. You must have researched a lot since aĺl the pictures I've seen of this were in black and white. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted August 10, 2019 Author Share Posted August 10, 2019 All the photos I've seen were black & white but the trials were carried out in Canada and I found a Canadian article that had fairly decent drawings and described the colours. Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcNewitt Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Have seen a similar setup on a Vampire with an extended exhaust on reheat trials, very odd looking, none the less still impressive. Great work. Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 That Vampire is on my to-do list when I get around to the Vampire family. I used metal tube for the extended nacelles, but had to put lots of weight in the front to compensate, even now it's just as happy to sit on it's tail as it's nose. Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 That's another stunna Steve, I'm enjoying these "interesting" Meteors. I wonder what this was like if the re-heat didn't kick in exactly synchronised? It would have been attention grabbing to my mind. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Very nice build . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Looks good! Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glatisant Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Top class build. Great colour scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Wow, another stunner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 Thanks all. On 11/08/2019 at 11:18, stevehnz said: That's another stunna Steve, I'm enjoying these "interesting" Meteors. I wonder what this was like if the re-heat didn't kick in exactly synchronised? It would have been attention grabbing to my mind. Steve. I've wondered the same thing, I don't know how much extra thrust the reheat gave but only having it on one side wouldn't be much fun. Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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