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World War II: Great Britain
Aircraft of Great Britain in WWII.
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HK Models Gloster Meteor
armouredcharmer
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England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
Joined: June 09, 2009
KitMaker: 670 posts
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Posted: Saturday, April 19, 2014 - 08:47 PM UTC
Hi Gang,
This is probably a dumb question but i`ve got to ask it anyway,what are the differences between the Meteor Mk I and the Mk IV ?.
I ask as,like many,i was hoping to do one as a "Doodlebug" chaser or failing that a Mk IIX (my dad was stationed at RAF Horsham St. Faith,now Norwich Airport)when this mark was in service.
Berwickboy
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England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
Joined: April 27, 2013
KitMaker: 450 posts
AeroScale: 387 posts
Posted: Saturday, April 19, 2014 - 10:34 PM UTC
This is a useful article on the Meteor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Meteor It shows the F4 had different engines, shorter wings and a number of other changes which probably make an F1 a very difficult conversion
TheModeller
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England - South East, United Kingdom
Joined: March 01, 2010
KitMaker: 127 posts
AeroScale: 61 posts
Posted: Sunday, April 20, 2014 - 11:03 PM UTC
Backdating the HK kit to a Mk.I might be possible, Paul Fisher has mentioned he might do an F.3 conversion which would give you the wingtips and shorter nacelles, you'd still need to make the early canopy as this differs from the F.3 version.

An NF.12 is also a future possibility as, again, Paul has said he'd be keen on producing a late nightfighter conversion.

At the moment he's working hard and an F.8 conversion.

Have a look here, Paul has his own subforum on the LSP site

http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=50126&hl=
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