Tamiya 61083 Gloster Meteor F.3 Fighter Aircrafts Military Series assembly kit 1/48 scale
The RAF's Gloster Meteor finished up being initial and simply practical Allied jet fighter to truly enter combat in WWII. In March 1943, a jet model produced by the Gloster company and designed with a De Havilland H.1 engine made its initial effective test journey. In July of 1944, pilots traveling the initial manufacturing as a type of the Meteor, the F.1 fighter, fought fearlessly in Battle of Britain underneath the No. 616 Squadron. The F.1 housed two Rolls-Royce Welland jet machines able to utilizing the fighter to costs of 668km/h and ended up being fairly effective in protecting great britain homeland against German V-1 rockets. The F.1 finished up being in the future changed by the improved F.3 version featuring its Rolls Royce Derwent machines, changed canopy style, and increased fuel ability.
