Meteors everywhere.

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Kongelige Danske Flyvevåbnet

1949. Meteor F.4 Esk. 723, Aalborg.

 

1951. Meteor F.8 Esk. 724, Aalborg.

 

1951. Meteor T.7, Aalborg Air Base.

 

1956. Meteor NF.11Esk. 723, Aalborg.

 

1958. Meteor TT.20, Aalborg Air Base

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Absolute gorgeous!!!

Boss, after check some references and many photos I can say that all F.3s carried the belly slipper tank. The wind drop tanks only appears with F.4 onwards.  Could you add it to the F.3s?  And remove the wing tanks from F.3-46 please? Thanks!!!

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1 hour ago, Wilches said:

Absolute gorgeous!!!

Boss, after check some references and many photos I can say that all F.3s carried the belly slipper tank. 

Whilst the ventral tank was trialled on the F.3 I really don't think it was standard equipment until the F.4. The classic 1/72 scale Airfix kit of the F.3 certainly didn't have it.

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Yes. This bird was under constant development...For sure early F.3 with Welland engines never had extra tanks. 'Mid' production F.3 (I called it F.3 '45 - was retrofitted with ventral tanks - as there are photos with and without tanks - same flight/flight line. That is the time when they start trials with those tanks. So I might add them to F.3 '45 in the next update

The last 15 production F.3 (with long nacelles) had a ventral tank retrofitted, and I believe wing tanks were added too at this point.  Not to mention that the first F.4 were with long-span wings. Basically, it was late F.3 with Derwent 5 engines - where the difference was only in nacelle shape and two small oil vents on the nacelle starboard side - and those F.4 were later retrofitted with short span wings. So on blurry, crappy photos, it is hard sometimes to spot the difference. Even in some older publications, photos are described wrongly. 

Like many other things wrongly interpreted and mistakes were repeated over the years - famous longer and much longer noses on NF.12 - NF-14 or strange camouflage colors on FR.9.  

My pm box is always open for additional reference.

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Gloster Meteor F.8 - Armament Practice Station, RAF Acklington, 1956

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Eyes Over Egypt

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1947. Meteor F.3. No. 56(F) Squadron.

 

I will upload shortly new update with lod and additional files for F.3_45. Now it will be possible to add an optional centerline fuel tank.