Not to steal Matthias’s thunder or anything, but the Meier dudes have posted a couple of pics of the Fighter Factory ‘109 project looking very complete with the engine running.

Here we are, here we go – sorry for the delay, I had to watch ACDC yesterday at Hockenheim Cirquit :dev2::highly_amused:

…… and so not really the time, but youre right, the shop made a first roll out with the 99% completed Bf109. What a fantastic bird and I am pretty happy that Jerry approved my idea to paint her with the markings of Hauptmann Klaus Quaet-Faslem served with I./JG 3 “Udet”. The RLM 74/75/76 painture shows the design of the Bf109 in a wonderful clarity without any folderol. And yes, Elmar did some engineruns again and he´s very happy with all those things. Now the team is going to make some taxiing trials on the grass runway to check the groundhandling. After that its time for maiden flight. I hope they will manage the first flight in May and I hope I could be there

4 years of hard work are coming to an end. Well … to answer your questions in advance 😎

1.) I really dont know, wether the One-O-Nine will visit England or the Legends (I am praying for it, yes, that would be one of the big moments in my life)
2.) yes, the one-o-nine will be delivered as fast as possible to the Fighter Factory Virginia – Jerry and the whole team is waiting for her (I can that imagine really), so she will not stay in the European theatre
3.) the German reg is D-FOON , will say F=aircraft with Mtow biger than 2,5tons up to 5 tons OON = One-O-Nine
4.) testflying is required – they need 5 hours in the air before handing-over to Jerry

and yes, there are still 3 one-o-nine left in the shop – and yes part 2, thats the best foreum worldwide, thank you for beeing a small part of the community

lets talk about the G-12 project. As told, MeierMotors is converting the Ex-Kindsvater Buchon after a taxiing incident at the airfighter academy on the island Usedom to a Messerschmitt Bf109 G-12 with dualcontrol. She will get a swedish licence build DB605 and will be the only dualseater worlwide. MeierMotors got the chance to measure out an Avia licence build G-12. So the team is able to reconstruct all those bits and specs. One of the major problems is the fuel consumption of the DB605. In war, the G-12 flew with an external centerline 300ltr-fueltank. External stores are forbidden in Germany, so the team has to “construct” a fuel cell in the fuselage. Not the easiest job.

these days, the sheetmetalworkes reengeneered the rudderpost, cause the “original” rudderpost is shaped wrong. As you might know, the rudder posts of all Bf109 are aerodynamical shaped to work against the torque of the DB605. Most of the Buchons are having a “wrong shaped” rudderpost.

the same with the fin

ready

SeaFury D-CACE assembling the outer wings – teamwork at its best

“Black 8” having some engine trouble?

No, not really, minor problems but nothing special. Prority is lying on the G-12, thats all

so here we are here we go, Spitfire TP280 has landed in the MeierMotors shop …..some work to do. The fighter will get a german reg and will be ferried to the Hangar10 collection on the island Usedom / Northern Germany.

Well, the shape of those lowback-teardrop-Griffon-Monsters is not my style, I miss the clear Spitfire lines, but the engine is really stunning. Such a big piece of iron. Huge exhauststacks, nearly no place to work on. An “funny” thing, that poor pilot is surrounded by fuel. Tank in front, in the back and in the wings left´n right.

in the paint shop for minor work

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Those guys from Skycraft were also in the shop, so Jamie Pluck and Andrew Butcher took a look at the five-blader (sorry that I missed you guys, we will see us when you will bring that prop back)

Yakovlev Yak-3 D-FLAK is going to Great Britain

2013, the fighter is prepared for the season

that beauty belongs now to Will Greenwood and she will be seen in the british circuit soon …… well, I am a bit sad, cause that Yak is/was my link to the MeierMotors story. On the other hand I know Will 😀 he is really a fine guy and a wonderful pilot. My D-FLAK will be in best hands …. and Will promised while we were drinking some beers in the OX pub at Heitersheim that he will take care. Will, if you read this ….. I am watching you 😀

DB605 – open heart

so fans and friends … enough aviation porn …. time to clean up the computer keyboard 😀 and stop drooling 😀

(Felix will kill me when he sees that post) :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

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