Oh how should I complicate thee. Let me count the ways. Building a Trent Meteor.
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I was just going to build the bloody kit and then I saw the Trent Meteor….
On the 20 September 1945 the Trent Meteor became the first ever turboprop aircraft to fly.
The original kit is the 1/48 Tamiya Meteor F.1. Apparently there is a conversion kit, although by now it's as rare and as expensive as a real Trent Meteor. The scratch built bits are the tailplane; blanked off gun ports; extending the undercarriage and of course the props and spinners. I added a few bits to the engine bay (to busy it up rather than make it more accurate) the prototype marking were done using a home made mask and the decals have been adapted/altered from the kit decals..
It's far from a perfect replica, but I'm happy with it.
If you're wondering what happened to the V1 in the kit, that had a bit of a make-over as well.
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Thanks for havin' a ganders.
