Gloster Meteor F.8 / FR.9 (Denmark, Egypt, Syria, Equador )
Product code HI-DECAL LINE38
Gloster
Scale 1 : 72
Publisher/Brand Hi-Decal Line
Category Scale Modelling Kits
Subcategory Scale Modelling Kits » Decals
Availability In stock
This product was added to our database on Tuesday 23 June 2026.
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Mind: this item is a decal sheet that serves to decorate a scalemodel. The scalemodel is not included and needs to be ordered separately.
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-Meteor F.8, Royal Danish Air Force, 1953 - Dark Green / Dark Sea Grey / Medium Sea Grey camo with colorful "Lörn" unit insignia
( originally built for Egypt, 10 Meteors F.8 were embargoed and delivered to Danmark instead )
-Meteor F.8, Egyptian Air Force, 1956 - Aluminium scheme;
( armed with 8 Sakr rockets - the same as used a.o. on EAF MiG-17Fs, MiG-15bis, Vampires and Yak-11s - they flew combat missions against Israeli positions in the Sinai during the October 1956 war)
-Meteor F.8, Syrian Air Force, 1956 - Dark Green / Light Earth / Azure Blue camo
( two SyAF Meteors were credited with the downing of a RAF recce Canberra over Syria in October 1956)
-Meteor FR.9, Syrian Air Force, 1956 - Dark Green / Light Earth / Azure Blue camo;
( with overpainted camera windows, used as fighter-bombers)
-Meteor FR.9, Ecuadorian Air Force, 1975 - Aluminium scheme with red nose and intakes as well as a blue nose stripe with blue & red stars.
( with overpainted camera windows, used solely as fighter-bombers, armed with HVAR rockets - the very last Meteor in frontline service worldwide)
