Armstrong Withworth METEOR NF.11 / RAF Service
Armstrong Withworth METEOR NF.11 / RAF Service
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 |
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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 The aircraft served during the Suez crisis and remained with No. 39 Squadron after they were withdrawn to Malta until 1958.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).
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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.
Armstrong Withworth METEOR NF.13 / Killers of the Middle East
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.
Messerschmitt Bf 109K-4 ‘Kurfürst’
Two injection-moulded kits are supplied in this box and each kit contains 27 parts and one clear part (the cockpit canopy). The rear side of the box now comprises the representation of a tarmac section of a military airfield which can be cut out and used as a display base for the assembled model. A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
NOTE: these kits were re-designed and new masters were made. The cockpit canopies were 3D designed and made by injection moulding into a metal mould.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
A: Messerschmitt Bf 109K-4, White 1 (W.Nr. 330204), 9./JG 77, Luftwaffe, Neuruppin airfield, Germany, November 1944
B: Messerschmitt Bf 109K-4 (Night Fighter), White 5, I./NJG 11, Luftwaffe, Leck airfield, Germany, April 1945
C: Messerschmitt Bf 109K-4, White 12 (W.Nr. 332380), 9./JG 3, Luftwaffe, Pasewalk airfield, Germany, March 1945
D: Messerschmitt Bf 109K-4, 3–14 (W.Nr. 333878), 3rd Flight (3a Squadriglia), 1st Fighter Squadron (I Gruppo Caccia), National Republican Air Force (Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana, ANR), Lonate Pozzolo airfield, Italy, March 1945
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10 ‘Late Gustavʼ
Two injection-moulded kits are supplied in this box and each kit contains 27 parts and one clear part (the cockpit canopy). The rear side of the box now comprises the representation of a tarmac section of a military airfield which can be cut out and used as a display base for the assembled model. A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
NOTE: these kits were re-designed and new masters were made. The cockpit canopies were 3D designed and made by injection moulding into a metal mould.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10/U4 (WNF-built), Black 21 (W.Nr. 610783), 7./JG 52, Luftwaffe, Neubiberg airfield, Germany, May 1945
2) Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10/R6 (Erla-built), Yellow 11 (W.Nr. 152xxx), JG 52, Luftwaffe, Deutsch Brod airfield, Bohemia-Moravia Protectorate, May 1945
3) Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10/U4 (Diana-built), White 24 (W.Nr. 612762), Jasta 5 d. ROA (Russian Liberation Army) ’Oberst Kazakov’, Fliegerregiment der Luftwaffe der ROA, Deutsch Brod airfield, Bohemia-Moravia Protectorate, March – May 1945
4) Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10/U4 (Diana-built), Yellow 12 (W.Nr. 612769), 101. ’Puma’ Vadászezred (Fighter Regiment), Royal Hungarian Air Force (Magyar Királyi Honvéd Légierő), Veszprém airfield, spring 1945
