Hi Matthias, great stuff as always! Do you have a local supplier for the 109 fuselage skins/ frames or are they from the UK ?

Steve.

Dont know exactly, but I think they are from the UK, and they are pretty good. Nxt time when I am in the shop I will ask the brothers and report here.

very very nice, are the frames Hartmair, the uplock new manufacture parts?

nope no Hartmair parts. The uplock is a revised original part

Hals und Beinbruch!

Thank you very much

Conversion Buchon WkNr133 to “Gustav”

a very special view … call it “time journey”

Through the socalled “Handlochdeckel” you can see a Jodel Robin. Its not only a Jodel Robin, its the personal aircraft of a famous Luftwaffe-pilot who served on several Bf109 with Jagdgeschwader 54 “Greenhearts”, decorated as “Ritterkreuztraeger” (German Cross in Gold). At the end of the war he flew with JV44 Messerschmitt Me262. He survived the war and stayed uncompromised to general aviation, flying that Jodel Robin. He said as he brought the Robin “I know its not a 109, its not so fast, not so powerful, but the manoeuverbility is the same as in the 109. The rudders, ailerons, everything seems to be similar”. He laughed and went to the Messerschmitt project. What a man. Sometimes he is in the shop, looking at those warbirds. Sometimes I want to know his thoughts, sometimes not really.

Conversion Buchon WkNr133 to “Gustav”

Time for some updates concerning the conversion Buchon to Gustav. A lot of work for the sheetmetal workers but the fuselage grows step by step.

overall view wings

Detail uplock undercarriage

OMG its a hedgehog 😀

Working on the fuselage

Meier Motors sind absolut klasse Mathias.

Fantastic to see all the workmanship going on no matter what type or nationality of aircraft type. Will the Sea Fury be restored to British standard or Amerikanised?

Cees

Thank you for your feedback, I will hand it over to the team

The SeaFury will get its original Bristol Centaurus engine and will be restored to its German roots. That SeaFury saw action with the German Luftwaffe as target-towing plane in North Germany as D-CACE. The engine is under restauration at Vintage V12´s, the fuselage is under restauration at Sanders Aeronautics.

As always, Matthias, your photos are better than being there – the detail is outstanding.
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*hmmm what should I say. When I am over there I always get a cool beer, so being there is a bit better :rolleyes: 😀

Thanks for your feedback, its a big pleasure

lets turn to the SeaFury project

work on the centersection ist going on. You can see, its a lot of work to restore a warbird. And think about, this wing was in a very good shape. Millions of parts are coming together, small bits and pieces…. and …. the construction is very british: why build it easy when you have the chance to make it complicated

P-51D D-FBUN – ex-Huntress ready to rumble

One of the most beautiful Mustangs ready to rumble …. not tyüical shots, but I love that shape and “architecture”