Armstrong Withworth METEOR NF.11 / RAF Service
Armstrong Withworth METEOR NF.11 / RAF Service
Available in September
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.: | mini377 |
| Availability: | PRE-ORDER |
Armstrong Withworth METEOR NF.11 / RAF Service
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 The aircraft served during the Suez crisis and remained with No. 39 Squadron after they were withdrawn to Malta until 1958.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).
Products purchased together with this product
Lavochkin La-7 ‘Supreme Fighter’
Two injection-moulded kits are supplied in this box and each kit contains 29 parts and four clear parts (the cockpit canopy, open and closed, and an armourglass panel). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Lavochkin La-7, White 10 (c/n unknown), 4th Guards Fighter Regiment (GIAP), Red Banner Baltic Fleet (KBF), Soviet Naval Air Force (VVS VMF), Lipovo airfield, Soviet Union, autumn 1944
2) Lavochkin La-7, White 63 (c/n unknown), 813th Fighter Regiment (IAP), Soviet Air Force (VVS KA), East Prussia, Germany, winter 1944/45
3) Lavochkin La-7, White 24 (c/n unknown), 3rd Sq. (АE), 9th Guards Fighter Regiment (GIAP), flown by Maj. A-Kh. Sultan, Soviet Air Force (VVS KA), East Prussia, Germany, early 1945
4) Lavochkin La-7 (3-cannon), Black 69 (c/n unknown), unknown Fighter Regiment, Soviet Air Force (VVS USSR), shown on the occasion of the opening of the Park of Culture and Leisure at Leningrad, Soviet Union, 1947
Armstrong Withworth METEOR NF.13 / Killers of the Middle East
Available in September
Plastic Model kit - 38 plastic parts, 1 clear plastic canopy, canopy mask, decal sheet for two color variants.
"Tropicalised" version of the NF.11 to replace the Mosquito NF.36 for service with 39 Squadron in Malta and Cyprus and 219 Squadron based in Egypt.
Cessna O-1E / US Air Force
19 TASS, Lai Khe, 1966
Description:
14 Clear plastic parts
Canopy mask
Decals for one Aircraft
Grumman G-21 Goose
This full resin kit contains 39 parts, injection-moulded canopies (alternative vacu canopy set is also included for modeller’s convenience) and a comprehensive decal sheet.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Grumman (G-21A) Goose, No.942 (c/n 1003)/MK-H, No.13(OT) Sq., Royal Canadian Air Force, RCAF Station Sea Island, Vancouver, B.C., March 1941
2) Grumman (G-28) JRF-5 Goose, BuNo 34062, US Navy, U.S.A., July 1943
3) Grumman (G-39) JRF-2 Goose, V175 (c/n 1064), US Coast Guard, U.S.A., 1942
de Havilland Canada BEAVER AL.1 "Army Air Corps"
Light transport / Recconaisnace Aircraft kit contains
One unassembled plastic kit from gray and clear Styrene
Canopy mask
2 decals options
