Armstrong Withworth METEOR NF.11 / NATO Users
Armstrong Withworth METEOR NF.11 / NATO Users
Plastic Model kit - 38 plastic parts, 1 clear plastic canopy, canopy mask, decal sheet for two color variants.
Night Fighter variant with airborne interception (AI) radar designed and built by Armstrong Whitworth, three prototypes followed by 311 production aircraft for the Royal Air Force and 20 for the Royal Danish Air Force.
| Ref. No.: | mini378 |
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Armstrong Withworth METEOR NF.11 / NATO Users
In 1951, 29, 141, 85 and 264 squadrons each received a number of NF.11 aircraft, the first of the Meteor night fighters.
It was rolled out across the RAF until the final deliveries in 1954. A "tropicalised" version of the NF.11 for the Middle East was developed; first flying on 23 December 1952 as the NF.13. The aircraft equipped No. 219 Squadron RAF at Kabrit and No. 39 Squadron at Fayid, both in Egypt.
The aircraft served during the Suez crisis and remained with No. 39 Squadron after they were withdrawn to Malta until 1958.
Several problems were encountered: the heavily framed T.7 canopy made landings tricky due to limited visibility, the under-wing external fuel tanks tended to break up when the wing cannons were fired, and gun harmonisation, normally set to about 400 yards, was poor due to the wings flexing in flight. Belgium (24), Denmark (20) and France (41) were foreign customers for the NF.11. Ex-RAF NF.13s were sold to France (two), Syria (six), Egypt (six) and Israel (six).
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Plastic Model kit - 38 plastic parts, 1 clear plastic canopy, canopy mask, decal sheet for two color variants.
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Harrier T.2/TAV-8A/TAV-8S Matador ‘Tall Fin‘
One injection-moulded kit is supplied in this box; it contains 63 parts and two clear parts (the cockpit canopy). A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Hawker Siddeley Harrier T Mk.2, XW925/25, Yellow 25 (c/n 212013), No.233 OCU (Operational Conversion Unit), RAF, Wittering Air Base, Cambridgeshire, U.K., early 1972
2) Hawker Siddeley Harrier T Mk.2A, XW934/06, Red 06 (c/n 212017), No.1(F) Sq., RAF, Wittering Air Base, Cambridgeshire, U.K., seen during a squadron exchange at Nörvenich Air Base, West Germany, May 1975
3) TAV-8A Harrier (Hawker Siddeley Harrier Mk.54), BuNo 159383/KD5, White 5/KD (c/n 212023), VMAT-203 (Marine Attack Training Squadron) ‘Hawks’, US Marine Corps, MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, U.S.A., autumn 1976
4) VAE.1 Matador (Hawker Siddeley Harrier Mk.54/TAV-8S), VAE.1-1 (BuNo 159563), 01-807, Black 7 (c/n 212029/5), 008 Escuadrilla (Sq.), Spanish Navy (Arma Aerea de la Armada Española), Naval Air Station Rota, Spain, late 1980s
Mirage IIIRS/IIIEBR/5BA/50C ‘Canards’
RELEASED 5/2023
RE-RELEASED 9/2025 (now boxed)
This injection-moulded kit contains 56 parts and two clear part (the cockpit canopy and a landing lamp). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) SABCA Mirage 5BA (MIRSIP), No.062, White BA 62, wearing Belgian Air Force colours (Force aérienne belge), Sint-Truiden/Brustem Air Base, Belgium, autumn 1994
2) Federal Aircraft Works F+W Mirage IIIRS (AMD) AMIR, c/n 134/1027, White R-2102, ‘Skorpiʼ, Fliegerstaffel 10 (Squadron), Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe), Dübendorf Air Base, Switzerland, during the visit to JaboG 38 ‘Fʼ, Jever Air Base, Germany, October 1997
3) F-103E (AMD Mirage IIIEBR), FAB 4931, Black 31, 1º Esquadrão Jaguar (Jaguar Squadron), 1º GDA (Air Defence Group), III FAe (Air Force), Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira, FAB), Anápolis Air Force Base (ALA2), Goiás, Brazil, 2004-05
4) AMD Mirage 50C, c/n 56, Black 514, Grupo de Aviación 4 (Aviation Group), IV Brigada Aérea (Air Brigade), Chilean Air Force (Fuerza Aérea de Chile, FACh), Pudahuel Air Base (Base Aérea Pudahuel), Santiago, Chile, 1986-87
