Franks, Richard A. The Gloster/A.W. Meteor - A Detailed Guide To Britain's First Jet Fighter

Our fifteenth title in the "Airframe Album" series is an essential companion for anyone tackling the HK Model (1:32), Tamiya, new tool Airfix (1:48), Dragon, Special Hobby and older kits in 1:72 scale. Contents include: Period diagrams; Data from flight manuals and spare parts catalogues; A wealth of historical photographs and detail images of preserved Meteors; Period detail images during production and service use; Fully detailed 3D isometric views of prototype, production and test airframes by Wojciech Sankowski; Full colour profiles and concise camouflage and marking notes by Richard J. Caruana; Lists of all Meteor accessories, decals & masks produced in all scales; Kit builds of the new tool Airfix 1:48 FR Mk 9 by Steve Evans and the Dragon 1:72 F Mk I by Libor Jekl.

The contents: Contemporary diagrams; Data material from contemporary aircraft manuals and excerpts from spare parts catalogues; Numerous contemporary photos and close-ups of preserved and restored "Meteors"; Contemporary photos from production and service with the British Air Force; 3D views of the prototypes, production models and test variants by Wojciech Sankowski; Colour aircraft profiles by Richard J. Caruna, showing markings and paint schemes; list of kits, decals and decals available on the market; description of the development process of the new 1:48 scale kit from Airfix (Gloster "Meteor" FR Mk. 9) and the 1:72 scale kit from Dragon (Gloster "Meteor" F Mk. I).