CT Modeller Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Meteor F.3 No.1 Squadron RAF, Tangmere, 1946 This was built from the old 1/72 Airfix kit. All surfaces were rubbed down to remove the rivets, etc, then a minimal rescribe on significant panels. The Airfix kit had always looked a little long to me and when I compared it to the plans in the SAM Modellers' Datafile it looked about 1cm too long, which I removed from the rear fuselage just ahead of the fin.I had no sooner refitted, filled and finished the rear fuselage when I came across Mike Keep's drawings of the F.3 in an old SAM magazine. I knew Mike and had worked with him and I knew he was very fastidious in his drawing so I had every confidence in his plans. It was a tad frustrating then when I compared my shortened F.3 fuselage with his plans to find that it was now about 1cm too short! Ah well, it looks OK to me in it's shortened form anyway. I fitted an Aeroclub vac form canopy by the way. 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilfergylee Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 An excellent job - well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 That's the old Airfix kit? Really? Superb job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Looks more like the Tamiya or Dragon kits than the old Airfix kit- you have really brought that old kit to life. Colors look spot-on and the de-riveting and scribing really change the appearance of the finished model. Just curious, what sort of improvements did you make to the undercart, wheel bays, and cockpit? 👍 Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 That's a really beautiful Meteor! I never had the Airfix kit, but I can imagine that your efforts to re-work it were pretty intensive. Shortening the fuselage by 1cm and getting the constant taper right is an impressive feat of skill, and the results look correct to me, regardless of what the drawings might suggest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Modeller Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 6 hours ago, 72modeler said: Looks more like the Tamiya or Dragon kits than the old Airfix kit- you have really brought that old kit to life. Colors look spot-on and the de-riveting and scribing really change the appearance of the finished model. Just curious, what sort of improvements did you make to the undercart, wheel bays, and cockpit? 👍 Mike Hi Mike. The answer is ‘not a lot’! I put in seat belts and a few bits and pieces in the cockpit because I was using a vac form canopy but to be honest you can’t see much in this scale. I tend to concentrate on overall look and finish nowadays as In the past I’ve spent countless hours on undercarriage wells and the like which hardly ever get seen. This one was meant to be a ‘quick build’ - I don’t need to say anything else because we’ve all been there! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Hi Chris, I see that this fine weather has lured your models out of their dark caves John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Modeller Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 3 hours ago, John R said: Hi Chris, I see that this fine weather has lured your models out of their dark caves John Hi John - Yes it suddenly became outside photography weather again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Very tidy build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Looks great Chris.😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Amazing job on that old kit, really nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Fantastic job on that old kit! Very nicely finished. Hmm I seem to recall I have one in my stash... Miguel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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