Okay, here’s the deal, I just had to purchase the new Dragon kit of the Meteor Mk.3 because it’s a beautiful (if not hideously expensive) piece of engineering.

However, I’m really not interested in the Mk.3 and I’m inclined to alter the kit to make it into an F.4 or even a T.7. Thing is, how?

I assumed that the F4 would require the fuselage to be extended ahead of the wing but now I’m thinking that it should be stretched aft of the wing too? Obviously the engine fairings are drastically different but I have an old T7 kit which I can cannibalise for those. The wings need to be shortened too and the ailerons made a little shorter span-wise, but should they be the same in terms of chord?

As for the T7, I’m assuming that all of the above would apply but that I’d need to extend the cockpit opening accordingly. I have a canopy for the T7 which I could use.

Any ideas chaps? It’s the fuselage lengths and aileron chords that I’m not too sure about, despite checking my references!

In essence the fuselage of the F.3 & F.4 are the same, however the wings & nacelles are where things can become confusing.

For example, some of the later models of the F.3 had the extended nacelle like the F.4, but with full span F.3 outer wing. The short span was only introduced from the F.4 onwards.

Kit wise Airfix recently did a 1/72 scale F.8 (from the Xtrakit mould, I think ) which would offer a pair of donor wings, but if you do that ensure you use the smaller intakes.

However to whet the appetite a little, a Dutch company have just anounced an F.4 in 1/32 scale.