Here are some photos of the new Gloster Meteor F3 AA27401, EE246 YQ-A, 616 Squadron, Lubeck, 1945 with the older tooling (plus a couple of WWII contemporary aircraft). Overall, the new tool is a really good effort. No bad joins, some crisp detail, solid undercarriage and the colours look spot on.
There are two issues, the upper wing roundels and the missing tampo printed air brakes. However, IMHO they don't really appear apparent to the casual observer.
What really does appeal is the improvement over the first tooling and the much tighter detail. I hope this release paves the way for the Hurricane, Mustang and Sunderland....!
This model fills an important gap for the WWII collector as it is the plane that moved the RAF into the jet age and saw limited combat service as well. Six years earlier the RAF was intercepting Heinkels with the Gloster Gladiator....!
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