Nice!  What Scale?

very nice Yakker..

Glen wrote on Nov 6^th, 2016 at 10:27pm:

Don't know how far into it I'm going yet. I'm think a G or an F.  For now I'm just up dating some of the old not user friendly things about the plane.

This one of the wing shows that the former residents like balsa. Going to remove the entire bottom skin and inspect the damage.  Might be easer to build a new wing.

I really like it, Al.

Neat to see in the pictures that you've already started adding scale details like the damage to the wing skins from enemy fighters & ground fire.

Lucky for him the Me could outrun a Hurricane....

Skin removed

I wish I could get the pictures to load correctly!
Any one know why this is happening?

Oh my!  A 109.  Not an 'imagination' one like mine, its a real 109.

Glen; good catch wrt JG 54, not many would pick up on that.

I'm gonna follow this thread with interest...go for it Al.

Come on, Al. We need an update!

Center section after the cuts

The install of the wing tubes is next. That's one of the more difficult jobs.

bonus... looking good Al.

Looking good, Al. Smart move on splitting the wing. I joined my wings today to have a look - 100" is a BIG wing. Can't imagine the old days where someone thought a 100" one-piece wing was manageable.

Much better with the fillets in place.

The fillets look great!  You make it look easy.

MkIX wrote on Nov 14^th, 2016 at 9:13pm:

Thanks Mike

This is what it should look like with the wheel up.

I'm always amused when I see the whitewalls on some German tail wheels.   They really weren't that rare; there are a fair number of surviving pictures that show whitewalls.  Cool.

Will the retract mechanism be a servo or an actuator?

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when you're done yours you can make me one of these....

MkIX wrote on Nov 21^st, 2016 at 9:23am:



I noticed that also. Seem like there are more white walls then not?   

I took an old 120 size retract and converted to take an actuator
 

There seem to be a lot of undoing and redoing on this plane but it's starting to look like a 109.

Next there need to be a slot cut to properly fit the exhaust ports the correct distance from the side of the aircraft.

Also exhaust is reworked. Just need the right coat of paint.

VERY nice Cool, very nice

Can't wait to see the retracts you make up.

Al, is this the m e-109 that Jim built? If it is, I remember it at the old ASRCM field for engine run ups.  Have photos somewhere, Sandy probably has a copy as I remember his hat blowing back on his head from the prop wash.

Its looking real good Al.  I'm seriously impressed by the degree to which you were able to reshape the bottom of the fuse.  That could not have been easy!

After a three month change of pace I'm finally back at the old thing. Here's some pics.
Retracts are pretty much build and the new plates are installed. Soon time to button it up.

Good for her, she is a real nice person.

Also here are a few of the out board flaps.

Looking good, Al!

A few loose ends to tie up before the struts are cut.

Here are a few shots of the flaps so you can get an idea on how this going to look.

The drawing in the back is a guide for the shape. There seem to be a lot of differences in the gear but this basically it.

Can you make the struts rotate like the Sierra ones do? Tilt the wheel into the wing??

Al:

Your model looks fantastic; seriously fantastic.

The inner flaps on a 109 have always fascinated me.  Looks like you are making a real effort to correctly replicate them.

The outer flaps...well...I really gotta drop by to see how you built them; they look great.

The struts; oh my, don't they look good.  The 109 undercarriage has been pilloried in many assessments of Prof. Dr. Messershcmitt's design...so  the extended struts always grab my attention. 

And the angle of the gear in the down position....I understand the challenge facing you.  I'll look through what little documentation I have on the 109 to see if I can at least help with the end state.

MkIX wrote on Mar 16^th, 2017 at 8:17pm:

Thanks for the kind words Mike.  I'll take any info and doc you have. It all helps.

Also The wheels are very wrong. I order a set of vintage wheels from Williams Bro that will do the job nicely.  There a little narrower  and although are not perfect there not bad without breaking the bank.

Glen wrote on Mar 17^th, 2017 at 2:49pm:

Thanks Glen. I'll check it out.

Well you get The Idea.

And one with the gear up...

Nice to see you back
Your 109 is looking gooood.

Ingenious solution to correct the angel of the struts.  Looks much easier than milling a new set of trunnions, and certainly easier to fine tune.

The model will look menacing just sitting there.

Lots of effort being put forward, Al. Looking good!

My big effort today was painting my 2017 AC-GraCar Spitfire stand - not quite up to what you're doing.