Gloster Meteor Mk.4 - World Speed Record

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51 4 February 2023, 22:07

Alex K
What a beauty! 👍 👍

5 February 2023, 09:40

Robert Podkoński
Great work! (How was the build process, Benoit? Any hints, warnings, suggestions? - I have the same kit in my stash, of course 😉 )

5 February 2023, 10:03

Neuling
Beautiful colors!

5 February 2023, 11:16

B. M.
Thank you guys!
@ Robert:
Yes, actually quite a few:
Load as much weight as you can…the Meteor is very tail-heavy

Adjust the Landing Gear. Especially the nose gear is very low. Like at least 1-2mm! And in general, it was very fiddly to glue it. Broke it off many times…special mention for the splash guards.

I built and painted wings and fuselage separately till the very end. But I don't know if I would do it again…on one hand it's great for handling and masking, but at the end it didn't fit that great…

Engine pods are tricky. You need to adjust well in order to sand and rescribe less.

If you install the the air intake mesh , you can skip the parts and painting behind them, you won't see anything 🙂

And last point: I reinforced the outer wings with steel rods, because of the ~5° angle.

It's definitely not your shake n bake kit, but a very good Kit nevertheless with nice panel lines und well moulded.
I will add WIP pictures to the project.

5 February 2023, 18:51

Robert Podkoński
Thank you very much, Benoit! I will keep your advices in mind when I will grow brave enough to tackle this kit. Still the WIP photos surely will be helpful 😉 You've done a great job on this kit!

5 February 2023, 20:53

Guy Rump
Very impressive build. 👍

5 February 2023, 22:35

Ekki
Good stuff! Like it very much!

6 February 2023, 20:50

Andy Ball
Great historical subject and build!

6 February 2023, 21:43

Vincent
Very nice yellow bird!!!

7 February 2023, 09:53

Bernhard Pethe
Farblich außergewöhnlicher Flieger, sauber lackiert. Wie schnell war denn der Rekord?

7 February 2023, 10:04

Łukasz Gliński
Impressive, lovely stand too 👍

7 February 2023, 10:43

B. M.
Thank you guys. Very happy you like my „yellow peril"

@ Flugi:

Ob die EE455 wirklich je „Weltrekord" geflogen ist, entzieht sich leider meiner Kenntnis. Jedenfalls hat man es mit ihr probiert und kam an 969km/h ran.
EE454 flog 975km/h

Ein wenig später erreichte EE549 sogar 991km/h

16 June 2023, 18:21

Kyriakos Vafiadis
Beautiful job!

18 June 2023, 16:09

Jean-Louis Durand
Impressive ! Yellow is maybe the most difficult color to work with.

18 June 2023, 16:45

Bernd Grün
Very nice build and paint job, Benoit. Congratulation! 👍 Thanks for the building tips. I have the Meteor F-8 in my stash and plan to build it in Israeli livery.

19 June 2023, 06:29

B. M.
Thank you guys 🙏🏼

3 November 2023, 18:48