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The range of versions of the Meteor in kit form is limited unless you include
the specialist Resin or vacuform manufacturers. The known kits and detail
sets are listed below. If you are aware of others then please send us the
details. Reviews of some of these kits will be added to the site as time
permits. Many thanks to Jean-Pierre Veret for much of the information
on meteor kitsets, past and currently available. |
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Large Scale Kits: |
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Tamiya Meteor F.1 (1/48) |
A good quality kit of the first production Gloster Meteor. Readily available, it comes in two versions with the more expensive kit including a model of the V1 flying bomb. It can be also be modified to represent a prototype meteor. Early production kits incorrectly included the airbrakes which were only found one one of the prototypes, this was fixed later and now you get the correct wing. | |
Tamiya Meteor F.3 (1/48) |
A good quality kit of the first major production variant of the Meteor. A small number saw service with 616 squadron at the end of the war. | |
| A.M.T Meteor F3 (1/48th) | A.M.T., circa 1975, They turn up on a fairly regular basis on EBay. Its a very simple kit typical of A.M.T although it does seem to have a reasonably detailed cockpit. I picked one of these up on EBay although mine was missing the flying bomb. I might get around to building it but will finish off my Tamiya F1 first which will take a while. | |
| Gloster E28/39 (Pioneer) | ARBA, circa 1998 Limited run Resin kit, Comes as seven large sections with two vac-form canopies. The dimensions are accurate but the model should be classified as rare. Now that we have injection moulded versions of the E28/39 in production it is unlikely to be re-released although it will build into a much more accurate kit. Click Here to see a review of the kit. |
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| F8 (1/48th) | Pamela Veal, circa 1975. Can anyone shed any further light on this kit? | |
NF14 (1/48th) |
Aeroclub, 1999. According to the review by Ted Taylor
this makes up an excellent large scale kit of the NF14. It is a mixture of vac-form, injection
mouldings and resin and ends up around 30cm long. Aeroclub also have an NF11 & NF12 and an F8
in this scale. I.D Models No. 4802 (1986) |
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Meteor F8 (1/48th) |
Classic Airframes, Kit No 466. Described as an early production Meteor F8. This may indicate that it has the early style canopy but does apparently have both small and large intakes. | |
Meteor F4 (1/48th) |
Classic Airframes, Kit No. 477. | |
Meteor F8 (1/48th) |
Classic Airframes, Kit No. 478. Described as a late production Meteor F8. | |
Meteor T7 (1/48th) |
Classic Airframes, Kit No. 479 | |
Meteor NF11/13 (1/48th) |
Classic Airframes, Kit No. 480 | |
| Eduard Meteor Detail Set (1/48th) | No details of contents are available, Retails for $12.00 (US) | |
| Hi-Tech Meteor F1 Super Detail Set (1/48th) | No details of contents are available, Retails for $14.00 (US) | |
| Airwaves, F4 Conversion kit (1/48th) | Meteor F4 conversion set for use with the Tamiya Meteor F3 kit. Primarily includes new engine nacelles | |
1/72nd Scale kits |
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Gloster E28/39 (Pioneer) |
High Planes Models, 1996 Limited run injection moulded kit with a white-metal nose wheel. Quite rare but can be found from time to time on EBay where you will compete with collectors to buy the kit. The one that I have had lots of flash and would not be for the inexperienced modeller. Click here for a full review. |
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Gloster E28/39 (Pioneer) |
Frog, circa 1965 Much more readily available and not requiring so much skill to build or money to buy. It's main problem is scale as the fuselage is far too big even though the wings are actually closer to the correct size than the Highplanes kit. Click here for a full review. |
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Meteor F3 |
This is a kit of an early production F3 (short nacelle).
On first examination the kit appeared quite basic but having recently built
one the parts fit together exceptionally well. It builds into a nice model
although it will need some weight in the nose and it is best to sand off all
the rivets and surface detail and rescribe as in common with most early kits
they are far too heavy for a 1:72nd scale kit. I also thinned the undercarriage
doors which took a while but makes a big difference. Click Here for a full review of the kit. Unfortunately this kit is no longer in production although they can easily be acquired on E-Bay with the sheer numbers available keeping the price reasonable. |
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Meteor F4
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Frog F 200, circa 1970, then Frog-Novo, PJ Production n° 721003 / 4, 1995 | |
| Meteor T7 |
Aeroclub conversion kit K 823 for Matchbox NF 1998, PJ Production n°
721009 / 10, 1999 |
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| Meteor F8 | Frog F 326 P, 1956 Rareplane Vacforms, circa 1980 ( + FR 9 nose) Merlin Models n° 11, 1986 Aeroclub conversion kit K 824 for Matchbox NF, 1988 Aeroclub, 1999 PJ Production n° 721005 / 6, 1999 |
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| FR 9 (Photo reconnaissance) | Aeroclub conversion kit K 825 for Matchbox kit, 1988 Czech Master Resin kit n° 110 ( + F 8 nose). Build as F8 or Israeli Air Force FR9 |
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| PR 10 | Aeroclub conversion kit K 826 for Matchbox kit | |
| Nightfighters | Matchbox, This kit can be built into all the nightfighter versions. It
compares well against scale drawings of the Meteor nightfighters although
like the Airfix kit is no longer in production although it too is readily
available on E-Bay. It features correct profiles for the various nightfighter
nose radomes and different tail sections as well as the clear view NF14
canopy. Sparse interior detail but a great kit if you want to build up your
spares box. |
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| Nightfighters | Meteor NF 11/12/14 : Rareplane Vacforms, circa 1980 Czech Resin kit, circa 1985 PJ Prpduction n° 72 1011 / 12 / 13, 1999 |
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| Drones | U16 : Fineline C001 | |
Other Scale kits |
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| Meteor F8 (1/144th) | Welsh Models Vacforms PJ W 9, 1986 | |
Other Accessories |
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| Other accessories to super-detail 1/72nd scale kitsets. | Aeroclub Meteor undercarriage, white metal, V037 Aeroclub Martin Baker ejection seat, white metal, EJ001 C-Scale target tug device for Meteor TT-20, AC 34 white metal |
PJ Productions F8 intakes, 721107 |
| All the kits are ( were !) produced in U.K.,
except the two Czech resin kits, and the PJ Production of Belgium (Rue A.
Bodson 38, B-6280 Gerpinnes) who can also be found on the internet/ email.
All are excellent kits. In the UK Aeroclub kits are easily available (kingkit@kingkit.co.uk) others can be sometimes be found in I.P.M.S. meetings, price depending on rarity. Czech Resin kits can be purchased from Amos Dor (amos@adgrafica.com). |
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| 72Scale.Com | ||
| A great deal of the information above has come from the definitive 1:72nd scale model census at www.72scale.com, At this site you will also find details of the decal sheets and many other accessories for the Meteor and many other types. | ||