Rob's Meteor salvage *Finished*

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Re: Rob's Meteor salvage *Finished*

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vacant wrote:First rate results on both kits. You have certainly gone to a lot of effort to get them looking do good. Why bother to choose between colour schemes when one can do both, as you have done? I assume this is a 1/48 scale kit as I can't see any references to an Aeroclub Meteor in 1/72 - perhaps you mentioned it somewhere. I bet it looks even more impressive 'live'.
Thanks, that's valuable praise coming from the local master of vacforms and restaurations.
These are indeed 1/48 scale models, and yes, between them they are quite the presence on the display shelf. It will get even better when I park the Tamiya I've almost finished alongside them.
Heavy brutes too, with all that resin and metal inside them (and even the Tammy has a huge block of ballast to avoid a tailsitter), so quite the surprise when you pick them up.
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Very nice, Rob!
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Amazing work and effort to get them here. Legend!. :grin:
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Beautiful job on both...and a nice tip re. the pitot tube.
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Some extra, improved pictures :grin:

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They have come out looking spectacular. Top effort!
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Great job Rob.

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