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PostPosted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 7:20 am 
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on "seitenruder" is that second image the top-view? should i not be surprised it seems to be built-in with a slight turn to starboard? i'm thinking about faking myself up one of these out of balsa. very cool leaking the plans like this, to the resistance.


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 8:29 am 
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If you need anything, please just ask and we will see what we can do to help. Have amassed a lot of references for this project and will only sit here if not used again. But, a nice GRP one would be perhaps a little stronger than Balsa! :)

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 10, 2017 10:15 am 
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Today, been we have been working on the pointy end with the plug for the spinner and back plate being created and the first hub is out of the mold. Everything is looking good......

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Outstanding chaps>> :drink3:


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 9:02 am 
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Exhausting day at work today ;)

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 8:46 am 
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How good it is today to be able to get on without everyone in at work. So much has been achieved today. The castellation ring copies match up precisely with the blade we obtained in Switzerland and the copies of the latter have come out well too. The port air intake looks wonderful and the hub and spinner are off to be molded. Work now turns towards the canopy. But that can wait until Tuesday now!

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 2:48 pm 
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Richard W. wrote:
Neato.

Wouldn't mind having one of those rudders painted up to hang over the bar.


See here: http://www.ioffer.com/i/bf-109-rudder-e ... -607799090


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 2:55 am 
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Interesting to see. I'm sure we could produce something a lot cheaper and one that people could either paint up themselves or have as a finished replica. Early days for us, we have had a LOT of interest with making our own rudders and once the first 109 has been finished, will sit down and come up with a plan for the future.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 8:10 am 
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That one on ioffer.com is nice but way out of my price range.

The 1:1 '109 makes me want to get a model kit and start building again after 50 years!

Just fantastic work.


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Mathieu wrote:
Richard W. wrote:
Neato.

Wouldn't mind having one of those rudders painted up to hang over the bar.


See here: http://www.ioffer.com/i/bf-109-rudder-e ... -607799090

Nice, but frankly, I'd rather have a blank one as I have my own markings I'd like to re-create. If you could make some in just Luftwaffe grey or unpainted, I think many others here would also like them.

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Mathieu wrote:
Richard W. wrote:
Neato.

Wouldn't mind having one of those rudders painted up to hang over the bar.


See here: http://www.ioffer.com/i/bf-109-rudder-e ... -607799090

Nice, but frankly, I'd rather have a blank one as I have my own markings I'd like to re-create. If you could make some in just Luftwaffe grey or unpainted, I think many others here would also like them.


I would agree. If something like this was available (unpainted) for around $100 usd +s&h I think you'd have a hit. But why stop there? I would say offer the P-40, P-51, Spitfire, and Hurricane rudders as well. And on top of that the nose spinners would be cool too. And heck, why not also the prop assembly. I could see guys putting the whole prop and spinner package together and on there wall.

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Warbird Kid wrote:
I would agree. If something like this was available (unpainted) for around $100 usd +s&h I think you'd have a hit. But why stop there? I would say offer the P-40, P-51, Spitfire, and Hurricane rudders as well. And on top of that the nose spinners would be cool too. And heck, why not also the prop assembly. I could see guys putting the whole prop and spinner package together and on there wall.



I'm no expert but I have done some fiberglass work in my time and that experience tells me that $100 probably would not even cover the cost of material for something like this.


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What do you think the cost would be then?

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I recollect being told some years ago that Tallichet was asking $100K for a fiberglass Thunderbolt with a detailed fiberglass engine.


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Once we have got the 109 delivered to it's owner and that won't be long as its off to the paint shop later today, then we will sit down and work out a price list for the rudders and then anything else that people would so desire. We have 3 people wanting P-51D front canopy sections and someone wanting 6 Hurricane exhausts so rather than the plugs and moulds, just sit gathering dust on a shelf, they could be used again just to build parts. We have in the past, only made complete airframes.

There seems to be a lot of interest in parts, especially with the 109 as I am getting a lot of requests. Only item that we have sold in the past, are Spitfire and Mustang prop blades mounted on stands. Finished and painted these go for around £900. As a gentleman stated above, production in fibreglass isn't that cheap as one would expect. It isn't the materials as such, but the time taken to mould the part and then the finishing processes. It may sound as if I haven't a clue, and to honest I don't. I sit here in an office and have my head in technical books and manuals all day. I leave the hands on work to our wonderful craftsmen! :)

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