PietvWdV Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Nice work mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Reid Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Wow,that is cool! But I am sure it wouldn't win any beauty contests. I have never seen a pic of this aircraft before.The Axis sure came out with some strange designs.Nice to see some scratchbuilding.Cheers! John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesMetz Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 I have never seen a pic of this aircraft before. Photos and/or drawings of the Me 155/BV 155 can be found in the following books: Butler: 'War Prizes' (Midland Counties Publications [uK], 1994; 320 pages) Cohausz: 'Deutsche Flugzeugcockpits und Instrumentenbretter Zweiter Weltkrieg: Arado - Fieseler' (Cockpit Profile series, No. 4; Flugzeug Publikations [Germany], 1999; in German and English; 51 pages) Cohausz: 'Cockpits deutscher Flugzeug: Historische Instrumentierungen von 1911-1970' (Aviatic Verlag [Germany], 2000; in German; 302 pages) Ebert, Kaiser and Peters: 'Willy Messerschmitt — Pioneer of Aviation Design' (The History of German Aviation series, No. 3; Schiffer [uSA], 1993; 435 pages) [English translation of "Willy Messerschmitt — Pionier des Luftfahrt und des Leichbaues" (Bernard & Graefe Verlag [Germany, date unknown]] Green: 'The Warplanes of the Third Reich' (MacDonald and Jane's [uK], 1979; 672 pages) Griehl: 'Jet Planes of the Third Reich, The Secret Projects — Volume One' (Monogram Aviation Publications [uSA], 1998; 200 pages) Hitchcock: 'Blohm & Voss 155' (Monogram Close-Up series, No. 20; Monogram Aviation Publications [uSA], 1990; 32 pages) Lange: 'Das Buch der Deutschen Luftfahrttechnik: Bildteil' (Verlag Dieter Hoffmann [Germany], 1970; in German; 651 pages) Merrick: 'German Aircraft Interiors 1935-1945: Vol. 1' (German Aircraft Interiors series, No. 1; Monogram Aviation Publications [uSA], 1996; 256 pages) Myhra: 'Secret Aircraft Designs of the Third Reich' (Schiffer [uSA], 1998; 352 pages) Nohara: 'Luftwaffen Warplane [sic] 1928-45' (Illustrated Warplane History series, No. 7; Green Arrow [Japan], 2001; in Japanese; 316 pages) Nowarra: 'Messerschmitt Bf 109: Aircraft & Legend' (Haynes / Motorbuch Verlag [uK / Germany], 1989; 311 pages) [English translation of "Die 109" (Motorbuch Verlag, 1986] Nowarra: 'Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-1945, Band 1: Flugzeugtypen AEG - Dornier' (Die Deutsche Luftrüstung series, No. 1; Bernard & Graefe Verlag [Germany], 1993; in German; 256 pages) Sengfelder: 'German Aircraft Landing Gear' (Schiffer / Motorbuch Verlag [uSA / Germany], 1993; 243 pages) [English translation of "Flugzeugfahrwerke" (Motorbuch Verlag, 1979] Smith: 'Messerschmitt: An Aircraft Album' (Arco Aircraft Album series, No. 2; Arco [uSA], 1971; 144 pages) Smith, Kay and Creek: 'German Aircraft of the Second World War' (Putnam Aeronautical series [unnumbered]; Putnam [uK], 1972; 745 pages) Wood and Gunston: 'Hitler's Luftwaffe' (Salamander [uK], 1977; 248 pages) Charles Metz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Hi Matt, An ambitious and difficult build you have there but it look slike you have it well under control judging from the results youre getting. Keep up the good work, I look forward to more of your techniques. Great way to learn. Keep her going bud... Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 The Axis sure came out with some strange designs You have to admit the germans came up with some pretty interesting and sometimes very practial comcepts expecially when Turk Tank was concern e.g Ta 183 ( some think the Mig 15 is based on some of the work done on this project) and another one which looks alot like the DH-100 vampire. Even the Bell X-5 was based on the messerschmitt P1101 fighter. If things where a bit better for them in terms of having some of these project come to term the allies would have been in serious trouble in the air. Fortunately its was not the case as the condition of not only her industries but Germany itself kept them from being developed hacker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlow Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 Hi all Have been slowly adding to the BV over the last few days. Basic shape of fuselage is now pretty much there and the tail area has recieved some attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlow Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 Side view. Cockpit sidewalls built up from 3mm pvc foamboard. The depression below cockpit is recess for supercharger pipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlow Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 Tailplane and rudder. These are still a bit 'blocky', especially tailplane, but give a good impression of the size of this assembly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlow Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 Another shot of the rudder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlow Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 Finally for tonight, view into cockpit area. The upper decking will come off (after shaping) to allow me to put in a cockpit. Thanks to Charles Metz I now have sufficient detail to have a stab at it. I haven't started on the wings yet - they're going to be a major challenge for me as they'll have to support quite a bit of weight - I do have a couple of ideas how to do them - more later. I can't claim to be as tidy as Radu (the whole crate's a bit scruffy at the moment) but I have to say its a great feeling taking lumps of plastic (mostly pvc) and actually creating a recognisable object out of them, especially as my major material is totally gratis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironman1945 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Matt Looking very, very good! Excellent idea with the signboard; will keep that in mind for my next project; it appears to sand down very well! Question, what did you use to glue the foamboard together to form the layers, and what did you use to glue it to the plastic frame (I believe epoxy was suggested)?. You may have mentioned this earlier... If you dont cover it with sheet plastic, I am thinking you may need to paint exclusively with acrylics. Oil based paints will likely dissolve the foam. Dave/Ironman1945 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 coming along very nicely. Once you get to the wings you will realize how big this baby really is. lts nice to see now well it is coming along hacker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlow Posted July 20, 2006 Author Share Posted July 20, 2006 Thank you all for words of encouragement. I've been gluing the pvc together with superglue - seems to work a treat. Havent tested it in terms of paint, though the grey primer I sprayed it in was a standard auto primer and it had no adverse effect on the pvc?? She will be a big bird, about 2 feet wide! Not as big as what I'm considering as my next project??? Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Matt, Very nice work. Youre handling the complexity of the shapes very nicely. Keep up the great work. I look forward to seeing much more. Question: What material are you using for the flight surfaces? Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlow Posted July 21, 2006 Author Share Posted July 21, 2006 Hi Geoff At the moment pretty much all you see is foamboard. The stuff comes in 10, 5 and 3mm thicknesses which covers most of my needs. I have used plasticard for the area between the 'solid' tail and rudder to create the space that the rudder recesses into (if that makes sense). The wings will be made of.....yes foamboard! However, this stuff doesn't have the strength to hold the weight of the plane. My idea is to route a channel out of the solid wing and sink brass rod into this acting as a spar. Of course, I haven't actually got a router so it'll either be a bit more equipment to buy or some heath robinson set up. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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