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Richard M · Last edited by Richard M on Thu 09 Oct 2008 11:02 am; edited 1 time in total

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Badwolf · Posted: Wed 08 Oct 2008 21:55 pm Post subject:

I'll be building a 1/72 Gloster Meteor F.8, just bought one on fleabay as the only cold war era jets in my stash are non Airfix kits!

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Badwolf · Posted: Fri 31 Oct 2008 22:15 pm Post subject:

Here's the preliminary photos of the Meteor I'll be building.

Box

Instructions

Decals

Sprues

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peebeep · Guest

I recently finished the Xtrakit boxing. You might find these notes useful:

There are very few locating pins, careful assembly required.
The pilot's seat looks odd and is best replaced - Aeroclub fits the bill..
The wing outer panels are too thick and require reduction.
The engine nacelle upper/lower components don't match up very well, fettling required.
The nacelle front rings and jet pipes don't fit well, fettle and fill.
The wing/fuselage fit requires some fettling, also a small amount of filling underneath. My next build will have some spreaders in the fuselage to assist the fit.
The undercarriage components are fiddly, with an excess of components and butt fitting parts, including to the wheel bays. Careful assembly required. Contrary to instructions I fitted the wheel bays to the lower wing half first, to make sure they ended up in the right place.

Although my list might seem picky it is a very satisfactory build to undertake and the end result should be pleasing. Enjoy.

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walrus · Posted: Fri 31 Oct 2008 23:07 pm Post subject:

Peebeep has it covered, Badwolf + there are no real terrors.
my 11yr old decided she wanted as a first kit build

but with a little help it is going okay thus far.

See the link below: the upper wing was clamped to the fuselage, before the lower wing section was offered up. that seemed to work for us too

one minor irritation was the lack of colour call outs for interior/nacelle parts.

good luck

http://hsfeatures.com/features04/meteorf872bg_1.htm

Badwolf · Posted: Sat 01 Nov 2008 22:08 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the info, peebeep & walrus! It will certainly help me with the build. The kit ejector seat does look a bit odd, think I'll look for the Aeroclub seat to replace it (and it'll add a bit of weight in the nose).

All the best to your daughter with her build, walrus.

As for my build I've started by sanding down the trailing edges of the wings, not completely satisfied with them yet, still need to take a little more plastic off.
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hippo · Posted: Mon 03 Nov 2008 18:48 pm Post subject:

There's an excellent build review of the Xtrakit version by Mike Grant in this month's Model Airplane International (issue 40). From memory, it pretty much concurs with what peebeep has said.

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Badwolf · Posted: Mon 03 Nov 2008 22:07 pm Post subject:

Thanks for that, hippo, I'll be off to WHSmith tomorrow!

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Badwolf · Posted: Wed 05 Nov 2008 22:16 pm Post subject:

I've made a little more progress with this, the cockpit tub is now assembled, minus the ejector seat. As mentioned previously I'm not very keen on the kit seat so I've ordered an Aeroclub replacement from Hannants. No pics as yet, its been really grey & miserable this week, so the light hasn't been good enough for getting clear photos.
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Badwolf · Posted: Sat 08 Nov 2008 22:27 pm Post subject:

Today was reasonably bright, managed to take some photos at last!

Cockpit

Engine fronts

Instrument panel

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Badwolf · Posted: Tue 11 Nov 2008 22:25 pm Post subject:

The cockpit has now been painted, I've used Revell aqua colour anthracite for the base coat and H64 for the dry brushing.

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Badwolf · Posted: Wed 12 Nov 2008 22:28 pm Post subject:

Yay!! My Aeroclub ejector seat from Hannants arrived today!

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Badwolf · Posted: Mon 17 Nov 2008 22:41 pm Post subject:

Progress update: this week I've painted the engine fronts anthracite and aluminium (H56) for the spar sections and dry brushing, the wheel wells and engine intakes have been given two coats of H56. I've also glued the cockpit tub into the starboard fuselage.

Cockpit

Engine fronts

Wheel wells and intakes

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Ratch · Posted: Mon 17 Nov 2008 22:46 pm Post subject:

Good progress

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Badwolf · Posted: Mon 17 Nov 2008 23:05 pm Post subject:

Thanks Ratch! I should be able to get the main airframe parts together fairly quickly now as the bulk of the interior detail is done.

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daniel7891 · Posted: Tue 18 Nov 2008 08:05 am Post subject:

Its comming along great
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Nice cockpit
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Badwolf · Posted: Tue 18 Nov 2008 22:23 pm Post subject:

Thanks guys! Today I glued the engine fronts to the lower wings and added some weight under the cockpit, which together with the metal ejector seat should (

)prevent the model being a tail sitter.
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jhl1908 · Posted: Wed 19 Nov 2008 06:51 am Post subject:

Looks like a good, clean model.

Keep up the good work!

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Badwolf · Posted: Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:03 am Post subject:

The fuselage parts have now been glued together, the joint has been filled where necessary with thin cyano and the entire seam has been given a preliminary sanding down. Next step is to polish it as smooth as I can get it. No pics yet as the batteries in my camera have gone flat!

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