John Masters Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 My next build, while I am waiting for the FROG GB to begin, will be this little Czech number from around 1950. In retrospect, I should have built this for the most recent WarPac/NATO GB, but whatever...I am building it now. 😁 The profile and sprue shot is below. The mouldings look pretty good and include some PE and some metal gun barrels for the underwing cannons, which I will be using! I was thinking of building the Czech police version with the red nose, but they didn't have the cannon fitted. So it's RLM02 for me! I'll start in later today... --John 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Looks like another interesting subject. Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 (edited) I had in mind building one IDF S-199. Following with interest! Cheers / André Ps. What did the Czech police force doing with their aircrafts? Chasing ballons? Edited May 14, 2019 by Andre B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share Posted May 14, 2019 7 minutes ago, Andre B said: I had in mind building one IDF S-199 Thank you Andre. I have built the KoPro IAF Avia and it build quite well. This is, for the most part, the same kit but with a few extra parts. Have fun! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 I built one of these many years ago, as well as the 2 seater version. I finished it in Israeli colours making for a very good conversation piece at modellers meetings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share Posted May 14, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Andre B said: What did the Czech police force doing with their aircrafts? I am not really sure. I assume liaison activities? Edited May 14, 2019 by John D.C. Masters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 7 hours ago, Andre B said: What did the Czech police force doing with their aircrafts? Chasing ballons? Possibly scouring the country looking for the idiot who put a Jumo 211 into a perfectly good 109G? 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, azureglo said: Possibly scouring the country looking for the idiot who put a Jumo 211 into a perfectly good 109G? I guess the question was whether they had somehow flying 109s, or grounded ones due to a lack of engines... Edited May 14, 2019 by exdraken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 14 hours ago, azureglo said: Possibly scouring the country looking for the idiot who put a Jumo 211 into a perfectly good 109G? Very funny. Yes....what a dog! Or 'Mule' as they were called. 9 hours ago, exdraken said: I guess the question was whether they had somehow flying 109s, or grounded ones due to a lack of engines... I think they had their aircraft without the motors and the factories were still tooled and ready for production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_t Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 I stumbled across this subject only a couple of days ago elsewhere, so I shall follow this one with interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 20, 2019 Author Share Posted May 20, 2019 Nice to be home...my own coffee, my own bed...my modelling bench! I worked on the Mule before I left for the weekend. The interior, office, cockpit, and assembled the underwing cannons. Then I closed it all up the next day, assembled the wings and test fitted the wings-to-fuselage. It was a nice clean fit underneath but the wing roots will need some filling in for sure. One side is tight, the other not so much. Oh well. Nothing I have not encountered before on these kits. Par for the course, as they say. I am looking forward to getting back into this today and perhaps even starting something else, something pre-WW2 perhaps! 😉 --John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 21, 2019 Author Share Posted May 21, 2019 One nice aspect of this kit is that there is none of that fancy, complex masking of the other 109 builds. Except for the rectangular pieces on the fuselage sides for the markings...nothing. So I can go ahead and build to my hearts content before I think about priming. For now...all the oil coolers, superchargers, vents, underwing guns, ammo covers, wings, stabilizers, etc...all on. I'll mask the canopy later and get that on board. Then I will add all the little doo-dads, seal up the gaps and prime. --John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 This one looks to be going well for you John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 21, 2019 Author Share Posted May 21, 2019 Thanks Col. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 Everything is all primed... I have added the lighter grey-green on the fuselage sides where the marking will be. I have measured the decals (3cm x .9mm) and will mask that area off on both sides before adding the RLM02. I actually used the RLM02 and just lightened it a bit. The smaller pieces are painted and ready for the final assembly. --John 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 24, 2019 Author Share Posted May 24, 2019 With Flickr being down for almost 3 days, I have o choice but to try to update this with GooglePhotos...which seems to have worked fine. The lighter area of the fuselage is masked, so I went ahead with the Vallejo Air RLM02. Lovely colour, imho. And then unmasked, the lighter 'grey-green' is, I feel, a perfect shade. I'll start in on the decals this afternoon. Can I say the Mule will be finished tomorrow? --John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 On 5/14/2019 at 3:23 PM, azureglo said: Possibly scouring the country looking for the idiot who put a Jumo 211 into a perfectly good 109G? They had a warehouse full of DB605’s ready to install in the airframes.........but it burned down. Then someone found the Jumos and had an idea. A bad one as it turned out, but an idea all the same. I’ll tag along for the build please as I like this version. I still have one of the 1980’s vintage kits in my garage AMARC somewhere...... Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 24, 2019 Author Share Posted May 24, 2019 Thanks Trevor. Yes...regardless of the nature of the Mule it is an important post-war aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 10 hours ago, Max Headroom said: They had a warehouse full of DB605’s ready to install in the airframes.........but it burned down. Then someone found the Jumos and had an idea. A bad one as it turned out, but an idea all the same. I’ll tag along for the build please as I like this version. I still have one of the 1980’s vintage kits in my garage AMARC somewhere...... Trevor Actually like most of the folks here, I know about this anecdotal story as I have the same references etc, a pile of 109s in all scales and at least a dozen books on the subject from the Kestrel powered prototype to the Merlin & Hispano powered HA1109/HA1112. And it gets quoted a gazillion times on the net to boot I was trying to be humorous not literal... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 24, 2019 Author Share Posted May 24, 2019 (edited) Flickr is still on the fritz so here are a couple of images post-decaling...I am aware of a terrible build error on my part...the 'cheeks' on the side of the nose (for machine gun bulges, I guess) are too far back. Too late to do anything about it. You live, you learn. Still, I think it's looking good. I will add only a tiny bit of weathering as this aircraft did not see combat nor doI think it flew a whole lot. As of today, Saturday, 25/5/19 18:43hrs there are no images. Sorry. Google photo doesn't work very well and flickr is still acting up. The RFI will up soon. --John Edited May 25, 2019 by John D.C. Masters Blame Flickr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 The Google photo images have disappeared...I am finished with the build! Here is one image. I will start a RFI thread soon. Flickr isn't working great either. --John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_Sokko Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 What a great subject. I love the unusual ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Well made and well finished. I fancy doing another (new tool!) one one day. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 Thanks Johnny and Trevor. 2 hours ago, Johnny_Sokko said: I love the unusual ones. Me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 21 hours ago, John D.C. Masters said: The Google photo images have disappeared...I am finished with the build! Here is one image. I will start a RFI thread soon. Flickr isn't working great either. I use postimage and don't have any hassle. Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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