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Tamiya Gloster Meteor Mk.I Trent Conversion 1:48 – build review

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Short Feature Article by Jurgen Jaacks

On 20 September 1945, a heavily modified Meteor I, powered by two Rolls-Royce Trent turbine engines driving propellers, became the first turboprop aircraft to fly.

Gloster Trent-Meteor EE227 Flight - picture scanned by Ian Dunster 17:42, 2 December 2005 (UTC) from the Prop-jet Pioneer article in the July 1975 issue of Aeroplane Monthly and credited to Flight
Gloster Trent-Meteor EE227 Flight – picture scanned from the Prop-jet Pioneer article in the July 1975 issue of Aeroplane Monthly and credited to Flight

Here’s a quick look at my finished model – hope you like it?

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