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Gloster Meteor F.4 "World Speed Record" The very first British jet engine-powered fighter to see operational service was the Gloster Meteor. Following the wartime Meteor Mk.Is and Mk.IIIs, the production line gave also the post war Mk.4 version with much better performance. On 7 November 1945, two Meteor Mk.3s rebuilt to a Mk.4 standard were used to attempt the World Speed Record. The RAF High Speed Flight Meteors serialled EE454 and EE455 were flown by RAF's Group Captain Hugh Joseph Wilson, CBE, AFC and Two Bars and Gloster Chief Test Pilot Eric Stanley Greenwood. Wilson, flying the camouflaged EE454 was few more miles faster that Greenwood in (almost) all-yellow EE455, having raised the record to 975.68 kmh. Less than a year later, Gp Capt E M (Te[+] More...
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- Special Hobby
- Code Number:
- SH72361
- Scale:
- 1:72
- Item type:
- Aircraft kits (injection)
- Price:
- £17.99
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- Quantity In Stock:
10+
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- This will usually be dispatched within 24/48 hours of receiving your order
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 | AIM - Ground Equipment - GE72059 - 1:72 | Re-released! Gloster Meteor Tow Bar (designed to be used with the Airfix kit of the Gloster Meteor F.8, Frrom-Azur kit of the Gloster Meteor T Mk.7, MPM kit of the Gloster Meteor PR.10, or the Special Hobby kits of the Gloster Meteor F.4, Gloster Meteor F.8/Mk.9, Gloster Meteor T Mk.7, Gloster Meteor T 7.5, Gloster Meteor NF.11, Gloster Meteor NF.12, or the Gloster Meteor NF Mk.14, or the Xtrakit kit of the Gloster Meteor F.8 or the Gloster Meteor T.7). NOT FOR THE SPECIAL HOBBY PRONE VERSION More | Diorama accessories (resin) | Catalogue | £5.40 | |
 | Master - MR72-142 - 1:72 | Gloster Meteor - Pitot Tube (designed to be used with Airfix Dragon MPM Revell Special Hobby Xtrakit kits)[F.8 F.1 F.9 T.7 F.4 PR.10 F.3 F.I NF.11 / NF.12] More | Aircraft detailing sets (metal) | Catalogue | £3.80 | |
 | Hannants - XKINFO - 1:72 | Code Product Description XK72001 Gloster Meteor F.8 2 production runs were made. Later re-appeared as MPM and Airfix, XK72002 Gloster Meteor NF.11 / NF.12 / NF.14 (originally Matchbox) XK72003 de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2 later re-appeared as MPM and Special Hobby XK72004 BAC/EE Canberra Pr.9 re-released in 2023 XK72005 Gloster Meteor T.7 later re-appeared as MPM, Airfix, Special Hobby and Revell XK72006 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XII re-released in 2023 XK72007 Gloster Meteor F.4 planned but never made because Revell made it XK72008 de Havilland Vampire FB.5 later re-appeared as Special Hobby, Azur, Azur-FRROM and Revell XK72009 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.21 planned but never made XK72010 Supermarine Seafire Mk.46 planned but never made XK72011 Supermarine Scimitar F.1 XK72012 Supermarine Swift FR.5 XK72013 Hawker Hunter T.7 XK72014 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.22 XK72015 no aircraft was designated to this number XK72016 BAe Sea Harrier FA.2 later re-appeared as Special Hobby XK72017 Saunders-Roe SR-A1 With decals for all 3 of the aircraft that were built. XK72018 Saunders-Roe SR-A1 3 'What-if?' Korean War era paint schemes. With the exception of XK72002 all kits were produced for Hannants at the request of David Hannant either by Special Hobby or Sword. More | Information | Catalogue | £0.01 |
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 | Dutch Decal - DD72080 - 1:72 | Dutch Jets Gloster Meteor F.4/Mk.8 T.7, Lockheed T-33, Northrop NF-5A/B KLu More | Aircraft decals (military) | Catalogue | £15.75 | |
 | Kits-World - KW172098 - 1:72 | Gloster Meteor F.4- EE455, known as 'The Yellow Peril' or 'Forever Amber', flown by Gloster chief test pilot, Eric Greenwood to beat the air speed record, November 1945. Scheme is overall high gloss Trainer Yellow. Note lack of aerial masts and faired over gun ports. Gloster Meteor F.4, Y9'5, operated by No.323 Squadron, Royal Netherlands Air Force, based at Leeuwarden, 1950's. Scheme is overall silver with the nose tip in red. Gloster Meteor F.4, 1406, operated by No.20 Squadron, Royal Egyptian Air Force, based at Almazah 1950. Scheme is overall silver, with black and white identification bands. More | Aircraft decals (military) | Catalogue | £10.20 | |
 | Kits-World - KW172102 - 1:72 | Gloster Meteor F.4, VT328, operated by No. 263 Squadron, Royal Air Force, based at RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, 1950 - overall silver. Gloster Meteor F4, VW256/P'20, operated by No. 207 Advanced Flying School, Royal Air Force, based at RAF Yeadon, West Yorkshire, 1952 - overall silver, with yellow trainer bands (not included). Gloster Meteor F4, '464' operated by 3. Naval Air Flotilla, Royal Danish Naval Air Service, based at Karup, Jutland, 1950 - Dark Green and Dark Sea Grey upper surfaces, with Light Blue Grey undersides. More | Aircraft decals (military) | Catalogue | £10.20 | |
Deprecated: substr(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /mnt/vault/Sync/Dessol/Sites/hannants.co.uk/htdocs/product.inc.html on line 911 | ADH Publishing - MIM123 - No Scale | Military Illustrated Modeller (issue 123) December 2021 (Aircraft Edition) 4 NEWS What's happening in modelling and aviation 6 PREVIEW Arma Hobby 1:72 F4F-4 Wildcat COVER STORY 8 THOROUGHBRED Eduard's 1:48 scale early version P-51D-5 Mustang by Brett Green 28 AN AMERICAN IN TUNISIA Tamiya 1:32 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc by Mark Casiglia 40 WICK-ED EMIL Part One Special Hobby 1:72 Messerschmitt Bf-109 E-4 by Kamil Feliks Sztarbala 50 QUEEN OF THE SKIES Sword 1:48 scale Gloster Meteor NF.14 Preview 52 HOME ISLANDS DEFENDER Brett Green builds Tamiya's 1:48 scale Kawasaki Ki-61-Id Hien 65 NEXT ISSUES What's coming up in the next issues of Military Illustrated Modeller 66 TAILPIECE RAF Typhoon flies the flag over iconic white cliffs ahead of Battle of Britain anniversary More | Magazines | Catalogue | £6.75 | |
 | Print Scale - PSL72233 - 1:72 | Gloster Meteor F.4 and F.8 More | Aircraft decals (military) | Catalogue | £15.99 | |
 | Xtradecal - X72114 - 1:72 | Gloster Meteor F.8 (12) WH480/M 41 Sqn RAF Biggin Hill 1952; WK738/M 66 Sqn RAF Linton-on-Ouse 1953; WH445/S 615 Sqn CO S/L Sowery RAuxAF RAF Biggin Hill 1953; WK786/W 72 Sqn CO S/L Clive Mason RAF North Weald 1952; WF741/K 500 Sqn CO S/L de Villiers RAuxAF 1953, all overall high speed silver. WK976/A 19 Sqn RAF Church Fenton 1956; VZ464/M 63 Sqn RAF Waterbeach 1955; WL161/J 604 Sqn RAuxAF RAF North Weald 1957; WL181 The College of Air Warfare RAF Strubby 1960 with large dayglo red areas; WF654/R 64 Sqn RAF Tangmere 1955; VZ494/L RAF Addlington 1956, all DG/DSG/HSS. WE876 1574 Flight, RAF Tengah 1960s Target Tug use X72115 for dayglo orange stripes . More | Aircraft decals (military) | Catalogue | £7.99 | |
 | Xtradecal - X72149 - 1:72 | RAF No 1 Squadron 100 Years (11) Royal_Aircraft_Factory S.E.5A B8501/E France 1918; Hawker Hurricane Mk.I L1679 JX-G Fg.Off Paul Richey France 1940; Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB R8752 JX-L F/Sgt W.H.Ramsey RAF Lympe 1943; Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXe ML119 JX-B flown by 2 Sqn Cos Sqn/Ldrs Lardner Burke and David Cox 1945; Gloster Meteor F.4 VT265 JX-G RAF Tangmere 1948; Gloster Meteor F.8 WL108 RAF Wattisham 1963; Hawker Hunter FGA.9 XB624/B Flt/Lt R.A.Pollock flown under Tower Bridge; Harrier GR.5 ZD378/01 RAF Wittering, Wg/Cdr I.R.Harvey in winter camouflage Norway 1990; Harrier GR.7 ZD438/03 RAF Wittering 1994; Harrier GR.9 ZG403/32 RAF Cottesmore with commemorative markings for JX-B flown by Flt.Lt A.V.Clowes, 2010; Harrier GR.9 ZG477/67A in special markings with red/white fin for Harrier Retirement flight 15/12/2010. More | Aircraft decals (military) | Catalogue | £8.50 | |
Deprecated: substr(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /mnt/vault/Sync/Dessol/Sites/hannants.co.uk/htdocs/product.inc.html on line 911 | Hannants - XKINFO - 1:72 | Code Product Description XK72001 Gloster Meteor F.8 2 production runs were made. Later re-appeared as MPM and Airfix, XK72002 Gloster Meteor NF.11 / NF.12 / NF.14 (originally Matchbox) XK72003 de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2 later re-appeared as MPM and Special Hobby XK72004 BAC/EE Canberra Pr.9 re-released in 2023 XK72005 Gloster Meteor T.7 later re-appeared as MPM, Airfix, Special Hobby and Revell XK72006 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XII re-released in 2023 XK72007 Gloster Meteor F.4 planned but never made because Revell made it XK72008 de Havilland Vampire FB.5 later re-appeared as Special Hobby, Azur, Azur-FRROM and Revell XK72009 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.21 planned but never made XK72010 Supermarine Seafire Mk.46 planned but never made XK72011 Supermarine Scimitar F.1 XK72012 Supermarine Swift FR.5 XK72013 Hawker Hunter T.7 XK72014 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.22 XK72015 no aircraft was designated to this number XK72016 BAe Sea Harrier FA.2 later re-appeared as Special Hobby XK72017 Saunders-Roe SR-A1 With decals for all 3 of the aircraft that were built. XK72018 Saunders-Roe SR-A1 3 'What-if?' Korean War era paint schemes. With the exception of XK72002 all kits were produced for Hannants at the request of David Hannant either by Special Hobby or Sword. More | Information | Catalogue | £0.01 |
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