Unfortunately, your Me-109 died in a spectacular mid-air crash with a FT Corsair a few weeks ago. There's a picture of the carnage in the What Did You Crash Today? thread. I am currently in the process of building Bwarz's ME-109G.
Unfortunately, your Me-109 died in a spectacular mid-air crash with a FT Corsair a few weeks ago. There's a picture of the carnage in the What Did You Crash Today? thread. I am currently in the process of building Bwarz's ME-109G.
That's too bad. I really like the way he did his model. I've never used the 13th squadron style fuselage box, so tell me how it compares to the traditional backbone style.
@Whit Armstrong - great looking plane and it looks like you really put a lot of effort into the plans and construction. Congratulations!. Personally, and its a personal problem, I have a hard time building a German plane. But after looking around I think I will eventually build this (and no, not the Spitfire):
@Whit Armstrong - great looking plane and it looks like you really put a lot of effort into the plans and construction. Congratulations!. Personally, and its a personal problem, I have a hard time building a German plane. But after looking around I think I will eventually build this (and no, not the Spitfire):
Yeah its got an interesting history. Mostly flown by volunteer U.S. pilots after WWII. I watched a great little documentary on it on Netflix. The U.S. govt. threatened to take away the U.S. citizenship of anyone who volunteered to fight for Israel but that didn't stop some folks from flying/volunteering. It was really the Americans that set up the Israeli air force (if I remember correctly).
Yeah its got an interesting history. Mostly flown by volunteer U.S. pilots after WWII. I watched a great little documentary on it on Netflix. The U.S. govt. threatened to take away the U.S. citizenship of anyone who volunteered to fight for Israel but that didn't stop some folks from flying/volunteering. It was really the Americans that set up the Israeli air force (if I remember correctly).
That would make sense, counting that they mostly operate american aircraft, mostly f16s I believe, to this day. Surprised the plane wasnt a p51 or something.
The planes were built in Czechoslovakian in an old German factory. They flew them back to Isreal. At that time Isreal wasn't expected to last more than a few months against the arabs. The U.S. wasn't supporting the idea of Isreal at that time.
Good afternoon! Wanted to share my BF109 build. Wingspan 110 cm, engine 2217. Haven't flown yet. Painted with acrylic paints, covered with adhesive tape.