VG 33 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 (edited) Hello I have just finished this couple of Special Hobby Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF. First here is the NF Mk.11 in French colours when assigned to CITT 346 (Centre d'Instruction Tout Temps - All Weather Instruction Center) at Tours AFB in the 1960s. At the time this squadron was the advanced training unit for all weather fighting and was equipped with Meteor Mk.7 & Mk.11 in addition to some SNCASO Vaitour II. Camouflage is Medium Sea Grey and Dark Green, with a little light blue-grey on the radome and to mask a previous unit code. Secondly is a Meteor NF Mk.12 from No.64 Squadron at RAF Duxford in 1957. This one is camouflaged in Dark Sea Grey and Dark Green over Medium Sea Grey. Building these kits was quite easy with the fuselage. The wings were more difficult to assemble particularly around the engine nacelles. The paints came from Tamiya and Gunze acrylics range. Patrick Edited November 30, 2020 by VG 33 72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Schilhart Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 A lovely couple, Patrick! Best greetings from Vienna Roman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 These are brilliant, very tidy looking Meteors. I'm assuming the SH kit is a nicer build than the Matchbox/Xtrakit one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Aer Lingus Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Two really great models nice to see the long nose Meteors appearing more often on here well done. thanks for sharing regards Eamonn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcNewitt Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 That's a fine pair of Meatboxes you have there, love the local RAF Duxford markings! Marc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Both very nice.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 A beautiful pair. A great job on both of them. Miguel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Lovely looking Meteors, great modelling ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Fantastic couple of 'meatboxes', and having built one myself i do agree with your comments about the tricky wing / engine nacelle construction....far too complicated! Well worth the efforts though as they do look great when completed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Two superbly finished Meteors. They look absolutely great. I have a couple in the stash, and these have stirred me to get cracking on one! Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ththtttu7 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Excellent Meteors Partick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_Ukraine Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 (edited) Top notch work on the Meteors! They are real little beauties! Edited November 29, 2020 by Val_Ukraine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Atkins Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 They look great I'm going to have to get a meteor model most of them iv seen are in metal finish... Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Really nice Meteor there, great job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Excellent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Patrick, nice pair of Meteors ! I did not known, that Meteors were ever in French Air Forces... Regards J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Very nice Patrick especially when we all know that some Special Hobby kits can be quite challenging to build. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Very cool builds, they both look really good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 19 hours ago, Paul Atkins said: They look great I'm going to have to get a meteor model most of them iv seen are in metal finish... Paul Careful! There were a lot of Meteors painted silver. I don't think I've ever seen a natural metal one in service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Larue Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Wonderful work ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Fantastic looking Meteor's! I'm now tempted to get one of these. Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted December 5, 2020 Author Share Posted December 5, 2020 Thank you very much to all of you. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Excellent model building 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_C Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Two excellent Meteors! Painting with pre shade (post shade?) effect is wonderful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
112 Squadron Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 An impressive pair of perfectly built Gloster Meteors. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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