The Meteor Channel at iModeler (36 articles)

The Meteor Channel at iModeler

Gloster Meteor

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36 articles
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Aussie Sea Fury

by Jimmy Zed on July 10, 2020
in Aviation — 40 Comments

This one has a fairly unusual peace time 'kill'.. On the morning of 30th August 1955, one of the oddest 'shoot downs' in the history of military aviation occurred; No 805 Squadron would be called upon to fire on an unusual 'enemy' in the skies [...]

Airfix Mk1 Tank “Mother ” Dio 1/72

by neil foster on April 10, 2020
in Diorama — 7 Comments

Hi to all of you iModellers, it's been a while since I posted anything but as I'm stuck indoors along with the rest of the world I decided it was a good time to catch up. This is my interpretation of the original picture showing the prototype Mk[...]

Suez Crisis…Airfix 1/48 Gloster Meteor F.8 Israeli Airforce

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on January 3, 2020
in Aviation — 5 Comments

Built in 2017. The Meteors were Israel´s first jet aircraft and they served in the No.117 Squadron which was also called the "First Jet Squadron". Airfix kit, Isradecals, Vallejo Metal Color Aluminium, antennas on spine are scratch.

Gloster Meteor F(TT).8

by Joseph Fenech on December 22, 2019
in Aviation — 11 Comments

Airfix 1/48 Meteor F.8 finished as a F(TT).8. Decals-xtradecals

Gloster Meteor F8 1/48 Airfix

by neil foster on April 20, 2019
in Aviation — 19 Comments

Well here we are with another rendition of Airfix's new Meteor this time as you can see in markings for an aircraft flown by the Israeli airforce. It is nice to see another 1/48 Meteor available to us and I must admit to getting a little giddy w[...]

Jet Age Museum in Gloucestershire part 2

by Michael Gosse on March 3, 2019
in Aviation — 14 Comments

Dear iModelers! I was thinking about continuing one of my last articles about the Jet Age Museum. During a wonderful road trip through the southwestern part of Britain in 2017, I got the chance to visit the Jet Age Museum in Gloucestershire wher[...]

Airfix 1/48 Gloster Meteor F. 8

by Scott Nelson on February 15, 2019
in Aviation — 9 Comments

Here’s my version of the Airfix Gloster Meteor F. 8. Much has been written about this kit so I won’t bore you with more of the same. This makes kit number four for the year.

Final builds of the year – Airfix Sea Fury and Meteor FR9

by Alan Price on December 31, 2018
in Aviation — 16 Comments

Here are a few photos of my final builds for the year (not strictly true but I cant show you the very last one yet!) which are the Airfix 1:48 Sea Fury and the Airfix 1:48 Gloster Meteor FR.9. The Sea Fury has the Barracuda wheels and cockpit p[...]

Airfix 1/48 Gloster Meteor F.8

by Boris Rakic on December 16, 2018
in Aviation — 23 Comments

Here's my contribution to the "100 Years of the Royal Air Force" Group build. The Airfix kit left me with somewhat mixed feelings - on one hand it is nicely detailed and goes together well for the most part, on the other hand it suffers from a [...]

Meteor Prototype DG202

by Julian Shawyer on December 13, 2018
in Aviation — 21 Comments

This is the Tamiya 1/48th scale Meteor F.1. I made this when it was first released 18 years ago (1997). It came in for a lot of criticism at the time because it had air brakes, and the Meteor F.1 had none. It transpired that Tamiya had based t[...]