dodgem37 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 'The difference is everywhere. Whatever Hasegawa gives in the F kit has nothing in common with the seat used on the E.' Got it. Thank you. Great photo. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 17 hours ago, Kagemusha said: That's a great photo Mike, is it one of Marseille's aircraft? If he's the only one with a red tail , then yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 I think the Dragon seat is a bit too narrow at the top. I widened the one in my build a little, not too hard to do. Should get back on this build. Cheers, Peter Fanes, LSP_Kevin, Alain Gadbois and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Since all the Bf 109 experts are on this subject right now: If the Cyber Hobby seat is fine/close to the original - what about the one from eduard? If I recall this right it's too large and misses the taper. Did anybody correct the eduard seat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Cutting Edge released seats for the E, with/without seat belts, also with a back cussion with/without seat belts, Needless to say long oop, but can be found from time to time on ebay. Fanes and nmayhew 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 FYI: I noticed in the Aires 109E cockpit set it has the seat without belts. It looks a lot like the Dragon kit, tall and pretty narrow at the top. Haven't put them side by side yet. Fanes and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 On 6/13/2019 at 9:19 AM, Radub said: I fear that the "seat is wrong in the CyberHobby kit" is another one of those "internet wisdom" memes made up by people who have no idea what they are talking about, which gets regurgitated over and over again until it becomes "fact". The list is long. :-( The seat in the CyberHobby 109 E is actually quite good out of the box. The seat was narrow at the top. The seat was not armoured, so it did not need to be wide enough to cover the entire width of the back. It was narrow at the top so that the pilot could turn to look back without being "poked" in the ribs by a wide seat back. That resin seat in the OP is actually very wrong in many ways. See some pictures here: HTH Radu Excellent, this is exactly what I have been looking for! Richard Out2gtcha and Rick Griewski 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 hth TAG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Some good pictures there, Mike. They confirm what I had been interpreting from that Russian drawing Notice the piece of 'bicycle' chain used in the seat adjuster, the lever on the right (with the black knob) pulls a locking pin out that passes through the links And the bungee elastic loops on each side to help raise the seat Those tubular 'rivets' that hold the front cross bar are rather prominent, I might fake those on my seat On seat belts, the Russian drawing shows the lap strap anchors on the side of the seat pan, that seat has anchors for a sort of waist strap. Do we know if it is from a later model 109? Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 They're from an A , notice the waist belt attachments are lower on the above illustrations (e) The E seat had more contour than the Eduard seat does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Agreed on the anchorages, and beyond repainting the knob on the belt adjuster black I'm not doing much more to my seat This is a really useful thread Details I have noticed and am going to ignore include the use of the same casting on both sides of the seat frame - the boss on the casting is inside the frame on the port side and outside on the starboard. The pressed steel brackets for the adjuster lever I might have to do something about Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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