Wolfgang Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 The Me 209 is one of those projects I thought about for a longer time but didn't build it.Allways an other excuse came into my mind why I pushed it away every time I saw it in the stash.Not enough information, no clues how to build this 80th years kit up to a recent standard and some more.But in the last years I changed my view on how to build models. Less research, less self inflicted pressure to get the maximum out of a kit and as we say here (dont know if there is a similar english expression) "to let 5 a even number"And having more relaxing fun instead. With this approach I started the 209.I deceided to build her ot in the ususal dark blue scheme. To my knowledge the 209 was unpainted at the time she broke the world speed record. And I feel this is an attractive alternative to the painted variant and brings out the pure plane.The Huma kit is from the early times of short run models. According to this is the quality, it needed a lot of dry fitting, sanding and a lot of putty. I replaced the kits wheels, struts and exhausts with pieces from the spare box. I vacu formed a new cockpit hood to give a better view in the partialy scratch build cockpit and scratch built a new tail skid.I primed the model with Alclad grey primer, sanded an polished it and then apllied sveral shades of Alclad II paints. At least it got a coat of Aclad semi gloss clear. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 For comparsion, this it how it appears in reality (viewed on a 19 " monitor) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blogs On Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 A very nice model of what was a real "pocket rocket" It's nice to see a Huma kit built, they have done some interesting subjects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Once again you have turned a difficult kit into a wonderful model. This is another that is lying half built on my shelf of doom so I know how much work you've put into it. Duncan B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Nice model... - the remains of Me209V1 are preserved, waiting one day for resoration, in Krakow's Musemu of Aviation - some photos here: http://www.samolotypolskie.pl/samoloty/1842/126/Messerschmitt-Me-2092 http://muzeumlotnictwa.pl/zbiory_sz.php?ido=24&w=p http://www.djibnet.com/photo/lotnictwa/messerschmitt-me-209-v1-4121397484.html https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom-r/4120622355 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Messerschmitt_Me209V-1_%27D-INJR%27_(14433619233).jpg Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bordfunker Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Lovely little build. Karl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mixup_1 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 This is pretty cool! Weird with no decals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 Thank you all for the kind words. Here is a comparison between the 109 and the 209. The 209 is about a third smaller than the 109, which itself is a tiny plane in 1/72 btw. the 209 held the official world speed record for piston engine driven planes for 30 years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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