Airfix Gloster Meteor F8 1/48 scale Korea review and build - HD 1080p

[@soppdrake]

Just popped up on my feed, Gary. Very nice result! A beautiful aircraft!

[@ramonrodriguezadam3584]

The natural metal finish (NMF) is great. Wonderful build 😃

[@garys_stuff]

Thanks! 👍

[@danielcgomez]

Great Meteor! ...I love the 1/48 scale kits!

[@garys_stuff]

Thanks Daniel!

[@rrdavis7476]

Thanks for this video mate! You have given me some inspiration to start my kit now!

[@themagnificentmackrel6505]

love your videos, very laid back making models a pleasure

[@garys_stuff]

Thanks, that’s the idea, no need to get stressed about it!

[@kevinburt44]

Lovely build, really impressive. Not really taken much interest in the Meteor before, but now I'm really going to get one of these kits.

[@randytaylor1258]

You've tempted me. Nice job bringing out all that detail.

[@garys_stuff]

It's a really nice kit - I am so tempted to make another but do it with the Prone conversion...

[@obnox1968]

Fantastic build! Keep'm coming Gary.

[@garys_stuff]

Thanks, will do!

[@TheWGLOVER]

I am just finishing mine. The nose took a bit of fiddling to get a decent joint. I did wonder about the rocket colours, as metal didn't seem right. I will do what you did. Your builds are first class.

[@garys_stuff]

Thanks William! Appreciate the feedback!

[@brianwatson1965]

superb presentation, superb build.....................

[@garys_stuff]

Cheers Brian!

[@Coatsieboy1]

Great video Gary. And a great one to discover your channel on. Instant subscribe. Okay - trivia dump: BTW it's pronounced "GEE-long" Flyer - the first syllable is pronounced as a "G" like "Gee-Whizz". Geelong is a satelite city of Melbourne. A77-854, the second scheme in the kit's first pilot was Sqn Leader Don Hillier of Adelaide over Jan-Mar (who was lost on ops flying A77-343 on 8 Mar 53). The aircraft was renamed by pilot Sgt J McCarthy (presumably from Geelong) for the final three months of combat missions until the end of Jul 1953 as “The GEELONG FLYER”. The Geelong Flyer was the first officially named train operated by Victorian Railways from 1926, providing a high-speed one-hour service between Melbourne and Geelong, at 115km/hr. This provided some good nose art. A77-854 returned to Australia aboard HMAS Vengeance in Nov 1954. Back in Australia in 1954, A77-854 was inducted by 2AD and re-issued to 77 Sqn and named “Hot to Trot” for the “Operation Welcome Home” formations over capital cities in Jan-Feb 1955. The airframe was sold to RH Grant Trading Co 19/05/58 and scrapped. Luckier than some of it's squadron stablemates that wound-up rotting in the desert outside Maralinga South Australia as static aircraft test beds for British Govt nuclear tests in the 1950's.

[@Coatsieboy1]

BTW - I'd purchase this kit thu your link but already own it in my stash - sorry mate. Maybe next time - I'm an Aussie living in Canada and Airfix don't direct deliver here from the UK nor from their US branch I discovered, much to my chagrin.

[@garys_stuff]

Hi Simon, no worries. Apologies to you for my ignorance and lack of Googling to see how the town and train is pronounced. As I have mentioned to your countrymen, at least I didn't try the Paul Hogan accent. Rubbish that Airifx don't deliver there. Don't understand that one. Hope you enjoy the other videos!!!

[@Coatsieboy1]

@@garys_stuff Ha ha ha - No worries Gary, we Aussies tend to laugh off the bad imitation accents, and the Seppo ones are generally terrible by comparison to the the Pommy ones so never feel like it's a PC issue for us. I love how they call everyone in the UK "British" because they can't tell Cardiff from Aberdeen from Manchester from East London, but can pick a Philidelphia one over a Baltimore one and a South Boston from Vermont inflection. But we certainly don't care - all part of our colonial prison origins lending us zero airs and graces 🤣. Plus, we are generally punching it down on the Kiwis doing the same accent pisstaking for no good reason other than being schoolyard bullies so we can't talk. And we don't all speak like Steve Irwin contrary to popular belief. I really enjoyed your video, it gave me a ton of tips and heads-ups for when I pull it down onto the bench myself. Far too many fiddly unfinished ones ahead of it on the runway, taxiway, apron and hanger before I get there I'm afraid. Cheers mate. Keep up the good work.

[@chrisdoney8578]

Awrsome build there, well done. I have built MPM's 1/72 offering and enjoyed it but boy this 1/48 has a different league of detail! I found a grey wash on the main external panel lines really made it come alive 👍

[@garys_stuff]

I have been thinking of different washes - I'll try a grey one on my next aluminium jet! Cheers Chris.

[@kiwiruna9077]

A great build, this is a kit I've had my eye on.

[@garys_stuff]

Thanks, this is a really good kit - I'm so tempted to get another one to do the Dutch colours, then another to do a conversion to the Prone Meteor! But I've got so many other things to do....!!!

[@petermerz2704]

Very cool build Garry! Thanks for sharing, learned a lot. Happy days and model on! 😎

[@garys_stuff]

Thanks Peter!

[@JakeCole1453]

Great work, I hope the upcoming 1/72 version will be just as good from Airfix.

[@garys_stuff]

I’ve got one on order so I can build that too. Don’t think they’ll have removable engines at 1/48…

[@Blastfromthepastrc1346]

Top notch modelling as always!👌🙂

[@garys_stuff]

Thanks!

[@liamdemay4710]

More 1/48 videos very entertaining

[@garys_stuff]

Will do a mix of scales, but I do have the Anson and Buccaneer on order!!!

[@lesthiele4921]

Hi Garry, that was a excellent build, lt came out perfectly, I rather like a lot of the 'post' war jets, thanks for sharing your work, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia.

[@garys_stuff]

Thanks Les, yes it was a good time for design. Best wishes from this side of the planet!

[@billy4072]

Bloomin good camera 👌 nice job 👍

[@garys_stuff]

Thanks mate! I trained as a photographer many years ago so I should have a bit of clue. Can only get better though!

[@65TossTrap]

Very nice build!

[@EdsAttentionToDetail]

Just found your channel and subscribed. I like what I see so far and will be checking out more!!

[@garys_stuff]

Lots to see so far, and plenty more on the way! Welcome to my channel!!

[@iannicholls7476]

Nice job!

[@garys_stuff]

Thanks!

[@adrienkarambah6401]

Awesome, this kit is si great and your built it si nicely ...😍🤩👏

[@garys_stuff]

Thank Adrien!

[@johnmarley6695]

Scheme 2: Gee-long. As in gee-wiz. But us Aussie’s pronounce it more like jalong. It’s 80km SW of Melbourne Victoria. The Geelong Flyer is the train between the two. Nice build…It just happens to be my last one, too.

[@garys_stuff]

Apologies for my ignorance. At least I didn't do a stupid Paul Hogan-esque accent too... BTW, so sorry to hear about Shane Warne. People get called legends too often. He was one.

[@johnmarley6695]

@@garys_stuff Yes, he was well liked. A huge talent. We lost our greatest wicket keeper yesterday, too. Rod Marsh. A heart attack, too. As it happens, I built my Meteor as the Geelong Flyer. It’s sitting in the display cabinet at RAAF 77 squadron, where I’m currently posted. It’s pilot was SGT John McCarthy, from Geelong, of course. I’ve just found this, and I’ve subscribed.

[@garys_stuff]

Glad to have you along and great to hear that your Meteor is at home with the squadron where it belongs!

[@garys_stuff]

Oh, and yes, Rod Marsh was an outstanding keeper and a great Australian IMHO. Delighted that I was able to see him play many years back.

[@bushyfromoz8834]

Geelong is pronounced "je-long", its a major regional city about an hour south west of Melbourne. The F8 meteor flown Halestorms scheme is at the Temora Aviation museum, i believe the forward fuselage of the actual jet George Hale shot the Mig down in exists in a museum in South Australia as well. Temora also have a CAC27 Sabre in flying condition. Quite a sight when they are together.

[@garys_stuff]

Sabre and Meteor together - very nice!

[@smeg1959]

The nose section of Halestorm is indeed on display at the SA Aviation Museum in Port Adelaide. Temora's Meteor was formerly VZ467, reputedly the last F.8 to enter RAF service. And Gary, you are spot on about the RP-3 rockets. "Live" rounds were finished in Olive Drab, though I've seen ones which are more Olive Green than Drab.

[@seakr9838]

Enjoyed, subscribed.

[@garys_stuff]

Great stuff, hope you like the other videos!

[@Emtbtoday]

I just ordered on them new HK models Metor in 1.32 wonder what this things going to be like now! It Was only £77 from a model shop down England don't know if there new or old kit's I've never seen one personally but liked your build alot so seen that and thought why not!

[@garys_stuff]

Why not indeed Charlie? I don't think it's that much more difficult than the 1/48th. I think it's just the parts are better modelled more than anything!

[@zetectic7968]

Very impressive! Size matters 😀. What were the bicycle weights for? What would happen without them?

[@garys_stuff]

The nose isn't heavy enough, so the model will sit on its tail and not on the nose wheel! On the real plane there was all kinds of heavy stuff at the front like guns and ammunition, electronics sets and so on.

[@zetectic7968]

@@garys_stuff Thanks for the explanation 😀 I heard that some aircraft in real life had cement as ballast.

[@ModelNerd]

Lovely natural metal finish. Did you thin the Vallejo metal colour at all? I was struggling recently to get it down smoothly - perhaps my needle & nozzle were too fine. Nice trick with the interior wear effects too - much easier than messing around with hairspray chipping!

[@garys_stuff]

No I didn't thin the metal color - I think it's a 0.5mm nozzle and needle and around 2 bar. Seems to flow really well. Likewise the plain aluminium model air. The model air black I just added a couple of drops of thinner.

[@ModelNerd]

@@garys_stuff Thank you - I'll give it a try with a slightly higher PSI and hope it comes out as nice as yours did.

[@dominicevans2541]

That prone position meteor is actually on display at RAF Cosford, for anyone who wasn't aware

[@garys_stuff]

Hoping to go to Cosford after the Telford show in November. It'll be odd looking at a plane my Dad flew in!

[@danwilliams1686]

Excellent! Do the sea fury next please.

[@garys_stuff]

Oh, I love a Sea Fury. I'll look into it.

[@keefr22]

Nice build, enjoyed the video, but do you have any reference for those blue ejection seat packs and head rest? Never seen any seats like that and it looks a bit odd...

[@garys_stuff]

Cheers, the only reference was the instruction sheet that specifies 109 blue for the backing and 250 tan for the straps. I used 89 mid blue as it seemed close.

[@kitbag9033]

Those pipes at the front of the undercarriage bay look to be lagged hot air pipes from the engines; either for cabin conditioning air or heater air for the guns.

[@garys_stuff]

Thanks Kitbag! I knew someone would know!

[@mattheweagles5123]

Interestingly the May 1941 flight was the official test flight. The aircraft had flown the previous month as part of the preliminary test flights to establish takeoff speed and airborne stability.

[@garys_stuff]

I wonder at which point a 'hop' becomes a 'test flight'! Something requiring a circuit, perhaps?

[@mattheweagles5123]

@@garys_stuff I was told that the May flight was designated as a test flight, so got the official title. The April "flight" was designated as a handling test so despite the aircraft being airborne for a few hundred metres it didn't count. That was from Ian Whittle, so it's probably true.

[@karlbobthepirate5704]

Just curious but wasn't the Brit habit to paint these postwar jets in high-speed silver, and not bare metal, genuine question coz I was about to launch into exactly the aircraft shown, I hope to get at least almost as good a build as you have achieved. Top little program you have, thank you 😃👍🏴‍☠️

[@garys_stuff]

Yes indeed, high-speed silver it probably was. It's a really good kit so you should get a very fine result!

[@karlbobthepirate5704]

@@garys_stuff thank you Mr stuff your videos help the nervous novice alot and cheers for the reply 😃👍🏴‍☠️

[@dand9495]

Hi mate! Just wondering what sort of primer you use? I've got a Vallejo Mecha airbrush primer I bought but haven't used. I'm going to start a 1/32 Bf109 soon and just wanna make sure everything is okay... Nevertheless a good finish! I've got to start using that layer of metal before as well! I've learnt a lot from your videos, I really appreciate it! Cheers!

[@garys_stuff]

I use spray can Jenolite acrylic primer for plastics. I have used Humbrol and Army Painter in the past and Jenolite is just as good and half the price!

[@rrdavis7476]

I took a sunset photo of Hale storm, when I was at War Birds Downunder in Temora! If you are interested, I can send you a copy.

[@garys_stuff]

That'd be interesting Ray! Maybe try a PM through facebook - or find my email on the home page under "about"?

[@janosliptai863]

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[@davidnelson7786]

Geelong flyer. 🤣🤣🤣 the Gee is pronounced as Jee as in Jeep. It’s a city South of Melbourne.

[@docprune9922]

The 'Gee' in Geelong is pronounced the same as in 'Gee - Up Horse' or 'Gee - Whizz.. Not like Ghee, clarified butter.

[@garys_stuff]

Thanks Doc, and I add you to the list of Aussies to whom I apologise for my ignorance. I'm learning a lot about the geography of one part of Australia as a result! Cheers, Gary

[@waynebrown3536]

Gee... long second largest City in Victoria Australia Jee long

[@garys_stuff]

Hi Wayne, yes, so I've now been told. Apologies for my ignorance (or for not looking it up on Google first)!