Me 109 on floats ?

[Erwin]

Hi all,

 

With the next GB in mind,I'm thinking of doing the Me 109 on floats.

There are some small scale kits that I could use as examples.

But I can't find any real pictures of this experimental version.

 

I could do this in 32 nd scale using 1/48 th scale floats from a donor kit.

The 109 isn't a large plane.

So bigger floats might not look good.

Or even from the 1/72 nd Italeri Ju 52 on floats.

 

Still in a planning stage.

 

 

Edited October 30 by Erwin

[firefly7]

Halberd Models has a 109 on floats conversion Erwin, unfortunately it's 1/48. As usual with Halberd it looks marvelous and even comes with a beaching dolly. There is a lot of info on the site. I would buy one in a nanosecond if he makes it in 1/32.  Cheers.

[Erwin]

16 hours ago, firefly7 said:

Halberd Models has a 109 on floats conversion Erwin, unfortunately it's 1/48. As usual with Halberd it looks marvelous and even comes with a beaching dolly. There is a lot of info on the site. I would buy one in a nanosecond if he makes it in 1/32.  Cheers.

I've had a look.

They look very similar to Arado 196 floats.

 

 

 

Edited October 31 by Erwin

[Erwin]

Based on this profile.

How many cm. would they be in 32 nd scale ?

I don't have a Me 109 kit at the moment to compare.

 

The Revell Arado floats are 22 cm.

 

 

 

Edited October 30 by Erwin

[Bob MDC]

Hi,

If you need 1/48 Ju 52 floats drop me a pm

 

Bob

[Erwin]

24 minutes ago, Bob MDC said:

Hi,

If you need 1/48 Ju 52 floats drop me a pm

 

Bob

Thank you for the offer.

But with all the problems concerning postage and fees from UK to EU,I might have to pass.

 

Edited October 30 by Erwin

[Bob MDC]

Will do a weight check and find out the postage just sold a couple of Rufes to EU customers it can be surprising !!

 

Bob

[ArjanO]

48 minutes ago, Bob MDC said:

Will do a weight check and find out the postage just sold a couple of Rufes to EU customers it can be surprising !!

 

Bob

Yes, thank you for that Bob. Not sure when it will be delivered but it passed customs.....maybe a couple of days. There were extra costs ofcourse but all reasonable. Usually I keep in mind that I have to pay an extra 30% over the total cost ( 21% VAT plus handling fee ).

[Martinnfb]

Why not to use the Revell Arado 196 floats, apparently that was the intention of the original project .

Edit: The project never materialized, so that's why there are no pictures available.  just a paper queen

Edited October 30 by Martinnfb

[Erwin]

1 hour ago, Martinnfb said:

Why not to use the Revell Arado 196 floats, apparently that was the intention of the original project .

Edit: The project never materialized, so that's why there are no pictures available.  just a paper queen

I asked Revell Germany's "spare parts sevice" to send me those parts.

They aren't free.

But at least no extra fees to be paid.

Edited October 30 by Erwin

[Martinnfb]

Nothing is free

[Erwin]

On 10/30/2025 at 8:21 PM, Erwin said:

I asked Revell Germany's "spare parts sevice" to send me those parts.

They aren't free.

But at least no extra fees to be paid.

They gave me a total price of 39,24 Euro's for the parts to make two floats.

 

The new release is only 34 Euro's !?

I might as well buy a new kit and  do something "what-if" with the rest.

 

I already have a "what-if" in mind...

Edited Tuesday at 06:01 PM by Erwin

[Rick Griewski]

I would buy the Revell kit. IIRC the engine is well done.  

Edited Wednesday at 12:33 AM by Rick Griewski