so much work, so many parts
old and new
new restored part
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Any update on either of the FW190s – the silver ex Tom Blair example, or the ex French example that ditched in the med??
nope. The Ex-Blair Fw190 was delivered to his owner, the ditched Fw190 is still in the shop awaiting startshot
… of course thank you for your kind feedback
Fiat project
another big project in the shop, the wonderful Fiat G.59 …. a lot of work and massive sheet metal work …. a million 😉 parts to reconstruct
all those templates
parts parts parts …. every single part handcrafted
manufacturing those templates
reconstruction
old and new
yeah …. some work left
Lets talk about those sheet metal workers … at first the fairings of the Messerschmitt Bf109 G project ….. in my eyes pure artwork. magic hands
elevator fairings
preparing the season 2013
these days it was time to clean up the storage hangar of MaxAlpha Aviation Ltd …. a perfect time for me to take some shots in warm light outside
Spitfire Mk.XVI TE184 (these days parked in Biggin Hill)
fighters
North American P-51 Lucky Lady VII D-FPSI
fighters the second the mighty F4U-5NL D-FCOR in the background
the North American TF-51 D-FTSI
Messerschmitt Bf109 E-1 6-88
… and now, disassembling the wing for restoration and of course reconstruction. Work on the wings has been started
storage of each part
building the templates
and the first reconstructed parts
some work left I think ……….. to be continued
Messerschmitt Bf109 E-1 6-88
the wings … at first all sheetings removed …. man, that wing is such a filigree lightweight construction. For me a perfect chance to look really inside
love such small details
and the huge jigs for the wings
in front the Fiat jig
the project corner
close up wing
These are the special moments. Friday late afternoon, no one in the shop, smooth light, silence, a good beer in the hand and breathing history … okay and taking some photos for you
Messerschmitt Bf109 E-1 6-88
… always a special moment … you “feel” the history in the shop
building the jigs
and of course studying the plans
Messerschmitt Bf109 E-1 6-88
wingstructure, flaps
fuselage details
wing attachment point
fueltank
fuselage damage
fuselage details
tailplane
lets talk about projects
Hello friends,
time to talk about new projects in the shop. At first another socalled major-project, another Messerschmitt project.
The aircraft is perhaps the oldest operational Messerschmitt Bf109 in the world. We talk about the Emil E-1 6*88 a Spanish Civil war veteran. The project belongs to Robs Lamplough, a british collector, pilot and warbirdenthusiast. The job is to bring 6*88 back into the air again
here a perfect profile painting by my friend Heli Schmidt
The aircraft is in a very bad shape, but the shop thinks that there are a lot of original historica parts which could be used in the restored airframe. The wings are in a pretty good shape, of course also a lot of work.
This Emil got the Spanish serial C.5-88 , tactical code 6-88 and it seems to be that the pilot was Oberleutnant Siebelt Reents. 6-88 was assigned to 1./J/88 and got the wellknown noseart “Holzauge” (wooden eye) on the left side. Reents was squadron leader since 2nd September 1938, so you will find the emblem since that date. Pictures of 6-88 are extremly rare. 6-88 was discovered again in the 80ties, abused as firetrainig object for the airport-firebrigade of a Spanish airfield. The remains were recovered in 1987 (maybe 1983) and sold to Robs.
and the remains in the MeierMotors shop
panorama view
some greetings from the team
Some words from Achim & Elmar Meier
Dear clients, friends and fans, the year 2012 is now almost past. Time to say thank you.
A thank you to our customers who trust in us again and give us their wonderful aircraft for maintenance. Thank you for the confidence that is set by the current restoration projects in us. Thanks to our friends and fans who have supported us throughout the year, it has been a pleasure and an honor.
Last but not least, a special thank you to our team. Without this fantastic team, this success would not have succeeded. Each of you did a great job, always willing to spend extra time for our customers, for our shop and thus for us. Thanks for that, you are definitely the best!
Meanwhile, our shop and the homepage has a reputation that makes us very happy. Since the establishment of our facility in Bremgarten, we could welcome more than 4,000 visitors with shop-tours. Our projects are also present in the major journals, whether in New Zealand, UK or this country. Nearly 700,000 visitors have visited our website. In 2012, the pages of our website has been clicked more than 2.5 million times. In almost all countries in the world are people who are interested in what we do. We have in average about 2,000 visitors a week on our website, on our Facebook account we have weekly about 4,800 visitors with 1,500 “likes” weekly. Meier Motors goes Social Media.
The interest in what we do, the team and the shop everyday is obviously very high and that makes us very proud. Naturally inspires such an interest in also and we will do our best in 2013 and hope that you will join us there. We look forward to, so take care and stay tuned.
Yours, Achim and Elmar Meier along with team
ps: Note of the webmaster 🙂 My thanks also go to the team. On Fridays we have always a lot of fun if the webmaster appears and announces the weekend. You guys are a great bunch. Thanks also to Achim and Elmar who let me in my actions as a webmaster completely free hand and so I have an opportunity to document the fantastic work of the team to this wonderful classic aircraft and to share with the public. Not self-evident. Last but not least, many thanks to Renate Meier, the “good soul of the house”, for the wonderful Friday coffee with candy;-) Yours Matthias Dorst
So, which one (Spitfire or 109) is the easiest, and which one is the most fun to rebuild?
Well …. how should I say :diablo:
The Spitfire is really a piece of art but very british. The Messerschmitt is typical german ingeneering.
Spitfire & SeaFury are typical british constructions, will say “why to go the easy way, when you have the chance to make it complicated”……….
I think its fun to work on both planes, morefun to work on a Mustang, pure fun to deal with russian constructions. Those russian constructions are not sophisticated, they are quite simple, always with the aim “maintain this bird on the airfield in winter and warsceneries”. This planes are buildt for mechanics, the german constructions are a bit ” in love in technic and we show what we can, sometimes overengeneered” , the british constructions “lets go the hard way, we are british” :diablo: I think you can kill a mechanic if you say after climibing out of the Centaurus SeaFury “Mate, there is a strange noise ahead of the cockpit, something rattles” :diablo::diablo:
Funny thing, its the same with old cars. To restore a Triumph TR5 IRS will kill you, a Porsche Speedster is heaven on earth. But I love those british constructions, they have a kind of soul and you see some details and you have to smile.
In fact, in my eyes the Spitfire ist the most beautiful shaped warbird ever (of course not the T9 or such lowback clipped wing monsters) but I am afraid that I dont have enough money for that flying dream
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