Revell Aircraft Model Kit

Gloster Meteor F.8

The Revell Gloster Meteor F.8 in 1/32 scale is a highly detailed large-scale model kit of one of Britain’s most important early jet fighters. Featuring a wide selection of configuration options, detailed engines, and multiple marking schemes, this kit offers an impressive project for aircraft modellers interested in post-war aviation history.

Part of the 1/32 aircraft range, the model captures the distinctive appearance and engineering of the Meteor F.8 with extensive detail throughout the cockpit, engines, control surfaces, and airframe.

• 1/32 scale Gloster Meteor F.8 plastic model kit
• Includes two complete Derwent jet engines
• Optional maintenance trolleys for engine display
• Early and late-style canopy options included
• Choice of early or late-style ailerons
• Airbrakes can be built open or closed
• Optional open or closed flaps
• Can be displayed wheels up or wheels down
• Includes seated pilot figure with helmet options
• Decal options for RAF, RAAF, and Belgian aircraft

The kit includes detailed ejection seat options with or without moulded harness straps, alternative seat handles, optional engine cowlings, and underwing rockets for the RAAF “Hailstorm” aircraft option. One or both Derwent engines can be displayed installed in the aircraft or separately on the included maintenance trolleys, allowing for a highly detailed maintenance or operational display.

The Gloster Meteor F.8 was the definitive production version of Britain’s first operational jet fighter and served with numerous air forces during the late 1940s and 1950s. Its twin-engine layout, straight wings, and robust construction made it an important transitional aircraft during the early jet age, seeing service in Europe, the Middle East, and the Korean War era.