Topic: Warbirds Replica Me109 build

The lower wing bandage has been applied, and the wheel well liners fixed and trimmed. I ended up using good old 1/2 hr epoxy with 1/2 a teaspoon of micro balloons to fix the wells. Sellotape is good for keeping the edges tight against the hole you have made in the wing. Make sure you key the surface of the ABS to provide something for the glue to grip, and leave a smal fillet of epoxy on the surface of the wing at the joint. This can be easily sanded back (thats why I put the microballoons in it) once the ABS is trimmed back using lexan shears.

I'll have a go at taking out the section of wing for the aileron and retract servos tomorrow, If I get the chance to do any building. Now the poly C has arrived I've got the bug to finish something so I can cover it  

It would appear that someone has just tried to tout his business (model paint jobs is his name is an indication of his trade) on this thread and the mods have stomped all over him. Rightly so I might add.

Just so you know I found some excellant 3 views of various aircraft (ME/BF109 included) at this link


http://www.penio.narod.ru/

beware tho it is very slow and not always there.

Andy,
Have you tried this one for 3-views... http://www.airwar.ru/other/drawe.html ...not guranteed totally accurate but neither are the ones I spent £££'s on from Bob Banka http://www.bobsairdoc.com/

HTH,
Steve

P.S. After a bit of fettlin' I think I've got my Eurokit retracts working o.k. Cheers!

well done 'Oh mighty winged dragon'......... 'spose you'll be able to land now...........

LMAO, with my landings it doesn't really matter whether the gear is up or down! Thank Mother Nature for soft, muddy fields

Not from what I've heard..........

Not got a lot done this weekend, what with it being that special day today.  What I have got done tho is as follows;

Elevator pushrod/snake.
I had worried about this for some time, as the stab is so high on a 109. In the end it turned out to be a doddle. Start by making a v notch with your scapel, 3/4 below the surface of the stab, where the rear decking meets the balsa block. The right/starboard side is favourite for an inverted engine installation, as the throttle servo will then be on the left/port side. Make to notch so its maximum depth (the same as the pushrod diameter) is at the foam/balsa joint. The taper needs to be about 1- 1 1/4" inches long. Now got a pice of ally or brass tubing slightly larger than the OD of the snake outer, roughen up one end at use it to gouge a hole.



What you are trying to do is to follow the side of the ply fin doubler inside the foam decking. If you have left the cockpit area open, you can actually look down as see it come through. Now use the tubing to make another slot in the central crutch 5" behind the last fuse former F3 on the same side.



Try and get this as oblique as you can, otherwise use a suitable round file to open it up so the snake will pass through at a shallow angle. Now drill a hole (slightly oversize) in the corner of F3 for the snake to pass through. A tip here is to use the snake inner as a guide .



Once you have fixed the position of the servo and constructed a plate/rail you can then fix the end of the snake with a ply plate. I have got this far yet tho.

Retracts
The retracts have now been fitted and the servo installed and pushrods cut to length. This is the first time I have used a mechanical setup, only having installed the eurokit variety once before as well. I had to refit the servo after its initial gluing as it sat too high and I couldnt get the pushrods to sit right. Richard suggests that you fit it so that the servo disk is level with the wing surface. In actual fact I had mine just below in the end, and it went together like a doddle. Sorry I havent got a piccy of that yet.

Ive have also got the spinner bolted to the foam block so I can start to get the nose shape right.

Thats all for now...

where were you last Sunbday ? Mick , Alan and moi all had a little fly  and it was luvverly doewn there.

Oh, yeah the 109's looking good.

Glad you old boys got out into the fresh air Didnt come 'cos I still felt Carp from last weeks travelling/work. But I did manage to get some more done on the Gustav.

Havent touched the Gustav for a week now, as I've been working away again. I really need to get stuck in to the final shaping of the nose. The spinner being bolted in place should help this. All I need to do is cut the top cover (the real one) to shape and get it stuck in place. Its very difficult to see where the lower cut line is on the moulding. This is one of the things that Richard is looking at improving, if he gets enough demand for the kit (come on guys enough of the ARFT rubbish get a real kit from a decent UK supplier). The front and back are OK to spot just need to sort out the lower joint line with the fuse.

i digrees , but which type of aircraft do fly most - ? kit or artf rubbish.


Clares  bought a new car , im free from taxi duties , wey hay, iand ive bought a pda for my data xchange.


Ps the suns shining n  im going flying today .

Sorry for the delay, but work and -would you believe it- a bit of flying on a sunday, have taken up most of my time recently. That and assembling/test flying the Harmon Rocket. But thats another story!

The nose is shaping up nice now, The foam nose ring is a begger to work with. go anywhere near it with the sanding block and it starts to tear. Dont really know how to get a nice smooth surface on this, maybe you can assist me here.
 I've also blended in the left/port cockpit side, so it now blends vertically as well as horizontally.

artf rubbish?  boo hoo     109 is looking good, by the way,

Between work and crashing everything (including the Jug - its not the bad ) i have in the hangar the build has been suspended whilst I work out how to clone myself, so the clone can go off tho work and live in hotels whilst I stay here and build kits/repair what I've bent/crashed/ripped the retracts out of(P47).

Hows the build progressing??

Griz

It isnt - still fixing ARTF's that I've crashed and flying when I can. Hopefully will be back on track soon as 1 out of the 2 I bent a while ago is now repaired.

A bit of an update.

The front end first..
The nose area is almost complete.



I have finished carving the thing to shape and removed the lower portion of the nose (engine bay hatch) to allow me to test fit the engine. Its still rough (no really?) but I needed to do this to test fit the motor.



I'm really cut up about how much work went into this part of the plane, and how little is going to be left usable after fitting the Jen 56 and dustbin silencer. I may be able to replace a small amount of material around the rear of the cylinder head to allow the oil cooler to sit on.
Had to place a 3mm ply disc behind the engine mount as a packing piece to allow the prop driver to clear the foam nose ring. Whilst removing the 'engine bay hatch' the foam ring got a bit compressed.

Question ....Is there any way to coerce the foam to re-expand or do I need to get the filler out?

The middle bit..



Servo tray is in and the elevator linkage is almost done. Rather than use a piece of ply to secure the end of the snake outer (at the servo end), I'ved used a piece of  1/2" sq soft balsa stick about 1" long with a hole drilled through it length ways. This goes over the snake and is epoxied to the side of the fuse. If you're wondering what the bit of wood is, that will be the wing nut brace. Its going the be epoxied to the sides with some reinforcement. Once its in place I'll attach the wing, drill the holes and attach some t-nuts from underneath.



Also added some sheet to the foam deckings at the cockpit front, the sides have also been added. Ive left the rear of the cockpit open so I can fix the antenna mast and run a pice of snake inner from inside the fuz to the base of the mast to give a scalelike ariel rigging.

The back end..



The other end has been fixed using 30 minute epoxy and micro balloons. Tip here is to leave the snake outer really long and clamp it flush to the end of the fuse/fin. Then when the glue goes off the snake is set at the correct exit angle and can be cut back.

Ive now got the piccys processed as you can see

 BTW

Neil Ivanovich has sent me a cryptic PM about something that will enhance the 109. Hasnt said what yet, but it appears to be coming by post.

Somehow I cant see a sheep (inflatable or otherwise) adding to the qualities of the Gustav

Note for Richard

I havent got around to it yet but you will get your nicely painted pilot (and the other one) back as promised. I sat the guy in the cockpit and he's just the wrong scale (for me that is). I'll get some pictures of the one you sent me so I have something to refer to for when I have a look around for a smaller version.

Its been a while since you last posted ACE....you finished yet?

Not yet,

Once again I've been exiled to the northern wastes (Center Parcs - Penrith) on a consultancy job. That and I just had to build a Mini-kangaroo from the RCMW plan. I have been resisting to just blitz the Me109 in a vain effort to get it done, but I know if I do then I will probably make a pigs ear of it, so its slowly, slowly catchee monkey I'm afraid.
I do have the engine fitted now, and the hatch trimmed to fit around it.

I'll keep you posted 

Hi ACE.

How are you doing on this build??
I love to have a chat with you as I am also doing the same 109 now.
Just need someone to chat about a few things

Phil

Just to let you all know I havent dissappeared from the face of the earth. Seems like ages since I did anything with balsa, I certainly havent flown since Christmas, just been too busy with work/decorating etc..

When I get myself going again I'm going to change the front end somewhat as I now have an ASP 52FS to work with. The Jen 56 whilst being a damned good motor just didnt seem right the more I looked at it in engine bay so its now in an ARTF funfly waiting to maiden. The ASP 52 will sit inverted. I'm gonna need some more foam for the front as the piece thats there now has been hacked up to accomodate the Jen.

Note to self.... Send Richard his Pilots back.

See you all at the fly-in

Andy