Like the Vampire I only bought this kit because it was going out at half price at a closing down sale and what made it even more attractive was that it was the upgrade kit, which meant it contained a colour cockpit photo etch set, resin ejection seat and markings for six RAAF aircraft.
The kit went together without any problems but a little rework was required to reduce the wings and tail-planes trailing edge thickness and also to reshape the fin bullet, which was considerably oversize. Some plastic card and filler was also required to fill the lower wing to fuselage join, but otherwise all other joins were cleaned up with just a file and a little sanding.
Although the kit also included the underwing rockets and rocket rails I chose not to fit them as they seemed to be a lot of work, however I did opt to fit the under fuselage fuel tank as they were always a prominent fixture on the Korean War Meteors.
After priming the model it was then sprayed with Tamiya AS12 Bare Metal Silver, which I'd decanted into container and mixed with a little Gunze Leveling Thinner. The model was then sprayed with a coat of Future and after which the decals and a pin wash were applied. At this stage I felt the decals and paint finish looked far to bright for a Korean era aircraft, so to tone it down over-sprayed the model with a very dilute mix of Gunze H308 Gray. This was a fun build and if you can get your hands on the kit I'd highly recommend it.
