A.W. Meteor NF.14 Matchbox 1/72

[Vlada]

Hello everyone, here I present to you the last finished model. In Pianja, everyone is well-known for the airplane model A.W. Meteor NF.14, Matchbox company. I continue the series of "Old School models", and therefore this work. Here's the picture . Best regards, Vlada .

 

[cngaero]

It's always great to see the old Matchbox kits nicely built.

You've done a lovely job with this one. Well done.

Edited March 19, 2023 by cngaero

[Mig88]

Very nicely finished indeed!

 

Miguel

[Alpha Delta 210]

Absolutely wonderful "old school" model! Who doesn't love a well-built Matchbox kit?

[Natter]

Very nice work for a lovely model.

[djos]

Nice work on this oldie, bring back lot of memories.

Best regards, Djordje

[Pantherhawk27263]

Very nicely done!!! I have one of these in my stash. I love Matchbox kits and you have made it look amazing. Great job!

[noelh]

Nice, I  built it years ago. Remind me, I  seem to remember there was nowhere to fit the undercarriage legs in the wheelbay? No locating  holes. 

Am I  misremembering?

[JosephLalor]

42 minutes ago, noelh said:

Nice, I  built it years ago. Remind me, I  seem to remember there was nowhere to fit the undercarriage legs in the wheelbay? No locating  holes. 

Am I  misremembering?

Looking at my partially completed NF.11, I think the idea was that the nosewheel strut would fit by a 'semi-butt-joint' in a shallow rectangular recess near the front of the bay, and the main gear struts would fit into a similar recess, about 9mm x 2 mm, at the outer forward corner of the main bays.

[jean]

It has been a long time since I have seen a Matchbox Meteor built.

Your model is very nicely built and painted.

Congrats and thanks for bringing this beautiful plane back to life.

 

JR

[jackroadkill]

20 hours ago, noelh said:

Nice, I  built it years ago. Remind me, I  seem to remember there was nowhere to fit the undercarriage legs in the wheelbay? No locating  holes. 

Am I  misremembering?

 

 

19 hours ago, JosephLalor said:

Looking at my partially completed NF.11, I think the idea was that the nosewheel strut would fit by a 'semi-butt-joint' in a shallow rectangular recess near the front of the bay, and the main gear struts would fit into a similar recess, about 9mm x 2 mm, at the outer forward corner of the main bays.

 

I think that was the idea; it doesn't work.

 

@Vlada, you've done a good job of this one.  The kit wasn't great even when new, so to beat it into submission's not an easy task.  Well done!

[JosephLalor]

2 hours ago, jackroadkill said:

I think that was the idea; it doesn't work.

Thanks for that warning; I've never got that far with that kit!