Tamiya 1/48 Meteor F.3
Kit 61051 with parts trees from 61083
Click on the thumbnail to go to a full size image.

I built two of these Tamiya Meteors at the same time.  As usual with Tamiya, near perfect fit, but this time with a slight divot.  The first kit I bought was the first issue, and Tamiya had not
realized that the museum example they referenced was an F.1 that had F.3 wings grafted on due to damage to the original wings.  The F.3 had spoilers, unlike the F.1. 
Tamiya later released the F.3 kit as well.  I had  previously gotten a Squadron vacform canopy for this kit to build it as an F.3, but I was able to buy the necessary sprues
for the F.3 kit from Tamiya so I could use nice Tamiya parts with no cutting and fitting,  No decals were available but that wasn't a problem as the same squadron used
F.1's and F.3's and the kit decals could be used except for the serial which I printed on a color laser printer. If you look in the cavity behind the cockpit
you will see metal cylinders that Tamiya supplied as nose weight.

 Tamiya Meteor F.3 Index Page           My Models Index Page           John Eaton Home Page