Gloster Jet Bomber

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Windscreen/nose glazing:

I was thinking that the canopy might be modified from a 1/144 scale B-29 or like Evan suggested, a 1/72nd scale B-29.  


Engines:

Would the engines have been the same as what was used on the Meteor or would they have been scaled up a bit?  


Colours:

I like the black underside WWII night bomber scheme but that post war black/grey scheme looks wicked as well.  Either scheme will do just as long as it is black on the bottom...

Now if you could just give it a set of bulged bomb bay doors for one of those 12K pound HC monster bombs or the Tall Boy.  

[elmayerle]

one other possibility for the cockpit occurs to me, Mike.  How about using the one from the Special Hobby Me264, either taken directly or "cloned"?

[Allan]

Mike,

I like it and want to see more.

Please keep us posted on your progress.

Allan in Canberra

[Spellbinder99]

The engine pods look a lot like the Nene engine pods used under the wings of the Rolls Royce "Nene Lancaster". I have an old copy of a conversion article from Aircraft Modelworld where the builder converted a Frog Gloster Whittle to an engine pod by sectioning it. Would that work?

Cheers

Tony

[TsrJoe]

extended Meteor nacelles on mine..iv moulded thenm if you want a set

chers, joe

[Mike Wren]

extended Meteor nacelles on mine..iv moulded thenm if you want a set

oooh yes please Joe!  

Wooks, I'm using the fuselage as it is, as far as I'm concerned it's close enough to look right & I'm lazy  

might have to get some balsa now...