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The aircraft served during the Suez crisis and remained with No. 39 Squadron after they were withdrawn to Malta until 1958.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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Plastic Model kit - 38 plastic parts, 1 clear plastic canopy, canopy mask, decal sheet for two color variants.
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Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6/R1 (W.Nr. unknown), Gruppenstab of I./JG 51 (Fighter Squadron), Luftwaffe, Orscha airfield, Belarus, the Soviet Union, early 1944
2) Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 (Erla-built), Black 5, 8./JG 51 (Fighter Squadron), Luftwaffe, Pinsk airfield, Belarus, the Soviet Union, July 1944
3) Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6/trop (Erla-built), MT-416/Yellow 6 (W.Nr. 411704), 3./HLeLv 34 (Fighter Squadron), Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat), Kymi airfield, Finland, May 1944
4) Messerschmitt Bf 109Ga-6 (Györ-built), Black V.853 (W.Nr. 95431), 5./101 ‘Puma’ vadászszázad (Fighter Squadron), Royal Hungarian Air Force (Magyar Királyi Honvéd Légierő), Veszprém/Nord airfield, Hungary, summer 1944
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Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6/R6 with R3 (WNF-built), Yellow 1 (W.Nr. 440190), 6./JG 53 (Fighter Squadron), Luftwaffe, Seyring airfield, Austria, spring 1944
2) Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6/R6 (Erla-built), White 11 (W.Nr. unknown), 7./JG 3 (Fighter Squadron), Luftwaffe, Bad Wörishofen airfield, Germany, early 1944
3) Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6/R3 (WNF-built), White 8 (W.Nr. 140xxx), 1./JG 27 (Fighter Squadron), Luftwaffe, Fels am Wagram airfield, Austria, early 1944
4) Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6/R3 (Erla-built), Black 8 (W.Nr. 26048), 8./JG 54 (Fighter Squadron), Luftwaffe, Ludwigslust airfield, Germany, early 1944
