Messerschmitt Bf109 G “Doppelwinkel” FighterFactory
Okay, you want some Messerschmitt stuff, you get some 😉 these days another milestone happened. The MeierMotors team installed the freshly restored DB605 into the airframe. Mike Nixon did really a fantastic job. Of course not finished yet, some work left and Mike Nixon will support the team end of January with final works. After that they will fire up the engine the first time in that beautiful project. Some time left and the “Double Chevron” will see the chequered flag.
look at that really fragile engine mount … the engine weighs about 2000 pounds ! Something that fascinates me all the time. Think about the tourque and that brutal power ….. just some thin metal tubes, a few screws, connected that monster to that fragilie and slender fuselage
power insignia
Messerschmitt Bf109 G-6 “Black 8” Hangar10 collection
Days of thunder
Elmar Meier is firing up the 36litre monster
and December 2014, back in the shop
well friends and fans, now you are also updated with that project. The next steps will be, finishing the sheet metal work and some work with the engine. There are some troubles to solve. Mike Nixon of Vintage V12´s will be in the shop end of january to have a look at the engine. But like the Yagen-project, I think the one-o-nine will be airborne soon.
Goosbumps….. imagine two of those DB605 thoroughbreds in close formation hammering low level over the airfield ….. lets call it aviationporn :dev2:
so stay tuned, there is something going on in Southern Germany
Messerschmitt Bf109 G-6 “Black 8” Hangar10 collection
November 2014, final sheet metal works
Detailshots for those warbird lovers 😀
…. and those wing-fuselage fairings. Complicated shape, again a lot of measuring and detail work. In fact, every single part is handmade, there a no templates or tools to get the exact shape. The original tools are of course lost. So the sheetmetal team is using a sparepart as pattern, knowing that no part is similar to the other. They use that pattern only for a rough measuring.
and then hard work with the good old “english well”
Radek, one of those artists with golden hands, checking the shape
some hours later
again again again until the right shape is hit – thats the reason why restoration projects of rare aircraft is so time consuming
ready
artwork
Messerschmitt Bf109 G-6 “Black 8” Hangar10 collection
now the fighter looks like a one-o-nine but still a lot of work has to be done – of course MeierMotors is using original plans to reconstruct all those bits and things to get rid of those nonconformances. How should I say … building up a one-o-nine in Germany is not only restoring a historic aircraft, it is working on a legend, an ikon of german art of engineering, will say a quite special thing for the shop. And so everything has to be as perfect a possible.
the socalled “Beule” (bulge), a characteristic part of that Gustav-version. Not so easy to reconstruct
typical one-o-nine , the “anti-glare-shield” above the exhaust stacks
detailwork
Messerschmitt shape
pretty good to see from this angle – wingstructure of the FighterFactory one-o-nine. The former Buchon-wing is having a double spar, to carry the high load of those Hispano cannons. rare insights. Of course the outer shape is pure Bf109G
Messerschmitt Bf109 G-6 “Black 8” Hangar10 collection
One of those Messerschmitt in the shop is the socalled “Black 8”. This fighter belongs to the Hangar10 collection based on the island Usedom / Northern Germany. The “Black8” is quite well known and was sold from Austria. Mr. Rinner built up the Messerschmitt, using a fuselage from Hartmair production. The wings were manufactured in eastern Europe. Hangar 10 purchased the project and brought it to MeierMotors to complete the work. It was planned to get the one-o-nine into the air in 2014, but there is a lot of work to be done. The main job was/is to check the airframe and build up the upper engine cowling and fairings. The aim is of course the german registration.
End of 2013 the fuselage was delivered to the shop
here together with the Fighter factory one-o-nine
engine close up – the mighty Mercedes Benz DB605
sheet metal works with the rather complicated shape of that cowling
August 2014 – work is going on with the cowling. Some reconstruction were made to get the right shape
Hawker SeaFury ES3613 – D-CACE
… and the last on SeaFury pictures for today …. the outer wings are painted. Ralf is painting single patterns to get a perfect and homogenous surface. A lot of extra work but its worth
and of course lots of detail work – eyecandy
no you are updated and bored enough with the SeaFury project, lets turn to the boring german projects, lets talk about Messerschmitt one-o-nine
in November, Skycraft propellers delivered the huge 5-blader to the shop. Hard work for Jamie Pluck & Andrew Butcher. The Skycraft-boys did a really fantastic job !
the team fltr Jamie Pluck, Andrew Butcher and the responsible mechanic for the SeaFury project Felix Ohlhoff
after that, we had some fun and some beers in the old city of Freiburg :angel: ….. no, no pictures of that event ….. I promised :dev2:
One of the major projects is of course the stunning SeaFury. The shop ist doing there a “better-than-new” restoration. A lot of work, but at the end, it will be a piece of art. The Bristol is undergoing restoration an the radial shop with Mike Nixon (of course).
Every single part is cleaned, checked, restored or remanufactured. Every single part ……
and some paperwork …… a lot of paperwork. Here Aliena with a part of the SeaFury paperwork
parts parts parts
original and very important paperwork – registration in Germany in the fiftees
really a big ship
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