Unofficial Bf 109-x GB: 1/72 Bf 109X

[A4K]

User name: A4K
Name: Evan
Category: 2 - Intermediate
Scale: 1:72
Kit: RS Models #92051: Me Bf-109X Experimental Fighter.
Accessories: PE rudder pedals and (a liitle) scratchbuilding.

This thing keeps looking at me everyday and I'm itching to build it...
It won't be superdetailed like the H-1, but kit is pretty good as it is. Just needs rudder pedals and maybe a few other bits and pieces.
Didn't announce this earlier, as the canopy will be an issue - dosen't fit. I will sort something out for that at the time (probably open it, though it is quite thick)
Note that box art version of canopy is incorrect.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Oh! I like this. Nice and unusual Evan.

 

[A4K]

Cheers guys. Yeah, unusual with the BMW 801 engine.

Source: 'Militaria i Fakty 52: Messerschmitt Bf 109F-K Vol.2' by Jacek Jackiewicz and Miroslaw Wawrzynski.

 

[Crimea_River]

Left field entry. I like it.

 

[A4K]

Cheers Andy.

 

[Wayne Little]

Mmm....oddball......something new again...

 

[A4K]

Might have seen it in service too if the FW 190 hadn't done so well!

 

[A4K]

Cockpit started.

As no photos exist of the original's cockpit, decided to base it vaguely on the widened Me 209 V-1/ Me 309 cockpits, but with relevant 109F features.

Not happy with that bar under the seat (too far back), it will be removed and repositioned.

Kit seat base is too wide, but I like the seatbelt detail so will let it pass.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Good start Evan.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

I don't know why you are unhappy with the position if the bar but things look pretty good from here.

 

[A4K]

Cheers guys.
I miscalculated the position of that rear bar - when I put the seat in, I realised it would be in the way of the trim and flap wheels. Easy fix though.

 

[A4K]

Found better pictures of the Me 209 V4 cockpit, which I think the 109X must have been similar to.
Work done so far stripped out and sanded for reworking accordingly.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Good stuff.

 

[A4K]

Cheers guys.

Couldn't resist - mainplanes together.

Pics show wings dry fitted (after a little fettling) and my only problem (apart from the canopy) with RS Models kits - thick trailing edges.
I have thinned them a little already, but they still need to be filled in places and thinned a bit more if possible.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

A few back and forths on some sandpaper should sharpen those edges nicely.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

See what you mean about the trailing edge, almost doorstep thick.