Scale aviation modeller international

1/144th.co.uk 1/144 Meteor NF 11/12/14

by Huw Morgan

I

n Vol. 23, Issue 4 of SAMi

we published the build of

a pair of resin models (the

Boulton Paul P.111 and the Avro

707) from this new company,

and were pretty pleased with the

results. Things have moved on,

and 1/144th.co.uk have a brand

new issue of a Meteor Night

Fighter, which at Scale Model

World we were able to snaffle

for review; the new kit comes as

potentially NF 11, 12, or 14 options.

Development of the family

of Meteor Night Fighters was

an expedient solution to the

capability gap which opened up

between the ageing Mosquito

night fighters and the availability

of the truly all-weather Gloster

Javelin. Realising that bringing

the Javelin to production status

would take some time, Gloster hit

on the idea of adding air intercept

radar to the existing two-seat

Meteor T7 trainer. With the parent

company fully occupied with other

Meteor versions and the Javelin,

development of the Night Fighter

was farmed out to Armstrong

Whitworth, the first of the family

(the NF11) flying in December 1948.

KIT DETAILS

KIT: GLOSTER METEOR NF12

MANUFACTURER: 1/144TH.CO.UK

SCALE: 1/144

PRODUCT CODE: 44007

PANEL LINES: RECESSED

NO OF PARTS: 16 RESIN

TYPE:RESIN

STATUS: NEW TOOL

DECAL OPTIONS: 2

NIGHT

FIGHTER

A Small-scale

QUICKBUILD

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