HairyplaneWings of the Luftwaffe
Hi CS,
I checked out the Discovery Store in the US.
It lists a ‘Wings’ DVD that appears to include some of the fighters. Its not the whole series and therefore not what I am looking for.
You lucky Americans are about to see the whole series on your Military Discovery Channel, advertised here –
http://military.discovery.com/tv-schedules/series.html?paid=52.14156.75203.1794.x
Can I bribe you to record the whole lot, bring the DVD’s over personaly and claim a ride in any of my Luftwaffe machines?!
(Thanks for the offer of VHS but I’m not really geared up for it these days.)
All help appreciated.
VBR
Herr E Pleine
HairyplaneHe 51 panel
Hi Peter,
A very nice project!
I note with keen interest that the ignition switch is the same as that used on the Stieglitz. We have been looking for one of these for some time for a flying aircraft.
It may be that I have some of the instruments you need.
Do you have a spare ignition switch? Do you know of another that might be serviceable?
Would you be willing to let your switch go and seek out another using your existing sources?
A ride in the Stieglitz, Klemm 35 or Bestmann guaranteed if you can help.
Best regards
Hairyplane
HairyplaneMr Holloways aircraft
Hi Oxcart.
From the horses mouth….
In addition to the 4 machines at OW, I aquired G-MESS, Nord 1101, and also the Dora 9 project G-DORA, plus a large inventory of 190 parts, including several Jumo 213 engines.
The other airframes that have been mentioned did not come my way. The registrations have been cancelled by the CAA.
My core interest is in the lighter machines. Certainly the Storch, an aircraft that has fascinated me since childhood, is the machine that blows my frock up right now.
I have no plans to build the D9 and, yes, it would be nice to fly one.
I hope this satisfies your curiosity.
Seasons greetings to all.
HP
HairyplanePO2
Buy an original for a fraction of the cost of building one. There is a lot to these machines and they aint worth much.
An original with provenance has got to be the way to go.
I saw one a while back on one of the sales sites. It wasn’t a lot of money.
There is one in bits at Old Warden. I am sure you can have a close look at it.
HP
HairyplaneAdolf H
Thanks Ollie,
A slip of the digit – its GM+AI
VBR
Herr E Pleine
HairyplaneHitlers Storch
The registration of my Storch is GM+A1.
Any help in locating photographs of it in service will be much appreciated.
VBR
Herr E Pleine.
HairyplaneStorch
Hi all,
I havent visited for a while.
The Cosford Storch does indeed appear to be wearing the wrong wheels. Well spotted! Whilst they look the correct size for the MS 505 Criquet they are definately too big for the 156.
Original wheels are rare, being made of magnesium alloy. However, I may have a set that failed NDT for my flier. I have lots of Storch parts. If the axles have been mullered to fit the wrong wheels, I have spare legs etc.
Somebody will need to contact me if they want to put the exhibit right….
If they dont want to bother, the least they should do is paint the existing.
Mine is painted in the colours of Hitlers personal aircraft – codes recently applied ( but I cant quote them I’m afraid – anybody got a recent photo of the project?)
Keen to locate some period photos of AH with his 156. It will all make an interesting story board at Old Warden.
All help appreciated.
All the best
HP
Hairyplanemodels
Look no further.
A charming bloke called Murray Pine, at Old Warden at the weekend, showed me a model of a C131 he had been commissioned to make. Gorgeous!
Check out [email]murray@customwings.co.uk[/email] or call him on 01284 756995
He’s your man.
Hope helps.
All the best
Hairyplane
HairyplanePanels
I have a JU 87 and a JU 88 panel for sale.
I also have lots of German WW2 instruments.
PM me if interested.
Hairyplane.
HairyplaneToday
Some of the stuff sold amazingly well. Many went away with real bargains though and good for them!
A fascinating day.
Herr E Pleine
HairyplaneModel planes
Aaaaah, model planes.
I remember a certain individual piling into my 1/4 scale Sopwith Pup with his DR1 – first flight of a full weekend of flying. I managed to land most of it and was picking up the rest when Zee German came over and said, ‘I bent my crankshaft on your U/C axle, can I borrow your engine for the rest of the weekend?’
Like a mug I did!
I gave up scale model planes when I started to collect 1/1 scale.
I still have my 1/4 scale Triplane. A chum crashed it and it was all in a bin bag ready to be chucked out. The only thing sticking out of the bag was the rear fuz and tailplane – it was mangled big time.
I glued it all together and had it flying again in 3 weeks. It must have flown a couple of hundred times since but now gathering dust in the heli hangar.
I might just get it out one of these days.
Me109 tail fin – The auction catalogue mentions ‘later repairs’ to this fascinating piece. In fact, the added bits are internal stiffeners – it would have been fairly flimsy otherwise.
Love to know the history of it.
Surely possible with the serial numbers?
Fingers crossed for OW weather tomorrow. Just off to Sywell ( again) this evening in the R44.. Rumour has it that I might have won a trophy for the Bestmann – thanks Stampe for flying it up today. Sh@t happens…somebody had to do it.
Herr E Pleine
HairyplaneDH Prop
Hi TT,
THe DH prop isnt mine. My stuff is purely the Luftwaffe stuff in the first section, plus a couple of my old model planes – SE5a, my lovely 1/3 Bowers FlyBaby and the Steiglitz. Those Seidel 7 cyl engines are scarce and, I think were a busting load of money when they were new.
The price on the DH prop might reflect the reserve that the owner is putting on it.
Lets see what happens!
HP
HairyplanePolished control grip/ Panels.
Hi all, and a special hello to James K. from ‘up over’ in the UK.
The polished grip is an original item that has been beautifully polished up as an ornament. It really is very nice though of course not as original.
Because of its outstanding condition it could easily be repainted and brought back to original spec.
As far as the instruments in the panels are concerned, we used a specialist instrument panel reference work – A German book that the auctioneers still have. Every last serial number for each item in the panel was listed. There are many variations on these things. What may have contained a switch or a specific instrument might then have evolved into something different/ more advanced and simply had a blanking plate over the hole. Modern panels evolve like this too!
It is also clear that as the war progressed, these things were of nothing like the quality of the earlier panels.
I am confident that we have done a pretty good job, aided by a sizeable inventory of instrument, switches etc.
The wooden panel(s) are real time warp items. One matched exactly the image in the book of a 109 panel ‘liberated’ by an American soldier. The rough/ uneven hand painted annotations – all there. A close inspection reveals the patina that is lost in a photo.
The 109 panel with all the wiring in place – this was as I bought it. It hasnt been reassembled. It is fantastic.
A fascinating subject.
A shame to let this stuff go but with 7 aircraft and a full-time engineer…..!
HP
HairyplaneInstrument panels
Hi Herbert,
The instruments are all originals – they have correct serial numbers. Indeed, at random, we have used some of them for my flying machines. I have a hundred or so of them left over.
They range from ‘potentialy airworthy’ to ‘good static’. The compass fluid, by way of example, tends to go brown for some reason and these are ‘glow in the dark’ jobs that will make you sterile ( no problem to me, I’ve been snipped!), thus rendering overhaul difficult in these modern times.
The metal panels are originals as far as can be ascertained. These aren’t simply metal panels with holes cut in them as a check on the reverse will reveal. The wooden panel ( is there 2? I cant remember exactly…) is certainly correct, you cannot replicate the patina and the unique, rushed hand-painted/ uneven text accurately.
We used a reference work. The original panel in the reference is identical to one ‘liberated’ by an American in WW2.
These are wonderful pieces.
They were bought as complete, original panels to yield the original instruments. When I bought them, they had been largely stripped in order that the instruments could be overhauled for flight. I aquired them before they were reassembled.
All went full circle when we spent a lot of time trying to put the jigsaw puzzle together again.
If we had more time, patience and knowledge we certainly have/ had the stock of original instruments/ fittings to put them all back as they once were.
I shudder to think of the money spent on these. As artefacts, the (unstripped) panels would have been fantastic. However, they were intended to fly again and thus needed to have large sums of money spent on overhaul.
Enjoy!
HP
HairyplaneMiles Aircraft
Hi Ozplane,
The Shoreham Gemini is in my opinion the best one on the market by far. It is owned by Adrian Brook, an engineer who also finished the restoration of my gorgeous Magister.
The Mercury, whilst a regular flier and well maintained by the guys in the Stauning Mueum, is an older restoration and a major overhaul is an obvious consideration. People are also frightened off by the Blackburn Cirrus Major – a fine engine if properly sorted but not so easy to maintain or find spares for as a Gipsy. I know that I will be far happier next week behind my jewel of a 10/2 in the Falcon, courtesy of Vintec, whilst crossing mile after mile of ‘Stage One IKEA'(!).
I had all sorts of plans to restore the Mercury to its original specification but things move on.
From an airshow perspective it wouldn’t blow as many frocks up as my new additions are likely to either.
The Mercury has therefore slipped a long way down my wish-list. However, if it came at the right money I probably wouldnt be able to turn it down.
H
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