fam43 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 I always wanted to add a high altitude Bf 109 to my collection. Sadly there are no pictures of this plane and drawings you can get differ from each other in many respects. At last I decided to build it after a drawing I found in Thomas H. Hitchcocks "The Focke Wulf Ta 152". The V54 was based on a G-5 type. I took a 21st Century Bf 109 G-14 as abase. The fuselage is almost unchanged apart from the tail making things a bit easier. The 21 Century kit may be a little mediocre but it is cheap. I would hate slaughtering a Hasegawa kit whwn there is a real possibility of desaster. Let's start with the wings. You have to construct a new centerpiece section with has no dehedral. This was more than tricky. Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Nice choice, at least different from all those standard 109's Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Cool project Michael! I'll be following along for sure. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Diable Rouge Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Love it when someone goes for something rare and hard to research! BV did a lot of work on this project if memory serves. I think it was the BV 155. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fam43 Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 As you can see there is much room for detailing the century kit. The wheel well is an empty duct. I tried to detail it with some strips rods and tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fam43 Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 Now real ugly work was waitung for me. The reunion of the outer wing halfes with the fuselage center part sawn off earlier. God bless 2-K putty and superglue! You can screw together wings and fuselage of the 21st Century kit. This makes things easier when it comes to check fit of parts. Lars Befring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Hello Michael, this is an ambitious project. You have already done a great deal of work so good luck with the remainder of the conversion. I hesitate to mention one thing though.... On my monitor it looks as though the wings are slightly askew. Perhaps the distortion is due to parallax error but it appears as though the nose becomes a little offset to starboard and the tail to port...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fam43 Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 Hi geedubelyer, This was only a check for fit. No part is glued yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 nice work on the conversion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Great progress so far, what an ambitious project! This may be a bit late, but did you know there was a resin conversion set for this aircraft in 1/32? Just an FYI. Bf-109H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fam43 Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share Posted January 26, 2013 Thanks Frank for your hint, a little expensive I think. For the money i can get a Revell 109-G plus some accessories. It's so much more fun carving it out of bits and pieces isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fam43 Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 (edited) Now it is time for glueing. The tail isn't ready yet. The dehedral of the outer wing panels is a little too pronounced. Will chnge it in the coming days. Last pic for now. Edited January 27, 2013 by fam43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Looking good Michael! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fam43 Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 The dehedral of the outer wing planes was a little too positive. I saw a slit in the upper wing halfs and inserted a splint from Evergreen. The empenage is fitted only to get an impression of the ac. It will have to be changed too. The rest of the fuselage is standard G-5. The underside of this build is for putty and sandiing freaks only. The front of the beast. Lars Befring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 looking good Michael! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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