Gloster Meteor FR9 Fighter 1/48 Airfix

Plastic model kit. Requires paint and cement for assembly (not included).

 As the armed reconnaissance version of Britain’s first operational jet fighter, the Gloster Meteor FR.9 was based on the F.8 fighter version of the aircraft and replaced Spitfires and Mosquitos in this role. The extended nose housed a Williamson F.24 camera, which could be positioned to fire either forward, port of starboard facing. Its range was extended significantly by the addition of external wing and ventral fuel tanks.

 

Scale 1:48
Skill 3
Number of Parts 165
Dimensions  Length 287mm (11.3″) x Width 236mm (9.3″)
Age Suitability 8+

 

Schemes: 

• No 208 Squadron, Salalah, Oman, December 1957 
• No 2 Squadron, Royal Air Force Germany, Gutersloh, Germany, May 1953

Recommended Colors (Humbrol)

• 11 Silver
• 24 Trainer Yellow
• 31 Slate Grey
• 33 Black
• 53 Gunmetal
• 56 Aluminum
• 60 Scarlet
• 69 Yellow
• 85 Coal Black
• 109 WWI Blue
• 121 Pale Stone
• 163 Dark Green
• 164 Dark Sea Grey
• 165 Medium Sea Grey
• 230 PRU Blue
• 250 Desert Sand