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Matthias Dorst
PostPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 2:26 pm 
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Lot of work and the last steps before mounting the Merlin

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Achim Meier, Jochen and Julian are discussing the next steps

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the fuselage tank in place

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wing tanks

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Achim and Julian levelling the plane out

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lead package in the tailsection for adjusting the CG

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29th July 2011 another milestone, mounting the engine. The Merlin was revised by Vintage V12´s in Techahapi

Felix Ohlhoff, the man who is responsible for that project

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in place

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the Spitfire Team seems to be happy

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overall view, now it looks like a Spitfire !

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what a beautiful engine

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Chappie
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Fantastic work! It's wonderful to see such a beautiful facility in Europe bringing Allied and Axis aircraft back to the sky! Judging from the canopy I assume the Mustang will be a TF? Has a paint scheme been chosen yet?


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Great pics as usual Matthias. Those are very fine projects. I am glad several of them will stay in Germany. If someone would have told me 10 years ago that there will be so many airworthy warbirds in Germany, several Mustangs, Spitfires, a Buchon and a FW 190 - I never ever would have believed it. There was one Bf 109 (Messerschmitt Foundation), several Tiger Moth´s, some Stampe´s and some Fw 44 Stieglitz, one Fieseler 156 Storch - that was it (at least what I remember regarding warbirds). And now? Wow!! I believe, not a small part of the amount of warbirds in Germany nowadays is the responsibility of MeierMotors. Well done guys, keep going!!

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Matthias Dorst
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some detailwork, Jochen at work

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teamwork with Julian

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the brandnew propeller sits in place

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bodywork, the Spitfire needs and gets new cowling. Some work for the team

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The Spitfire is really starting to look good. It is great to see such young guys working on these old airplanes.


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Matthias Dorst
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NEW PROJECT at the MeierMotors shop. This time its the restauration of a Hispano Aviacion Buchon to a Messerschmitt Bf109 G. Basis is the WkNr133, last reg N109FF. Owner of the project is Jerry Yagen and his Fighter Factory. I think this will be a fantastic project !

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What do you think ? Should I open a new thread concerning the Buchon project, or should i post the updates in this MeierMotors thread ?

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Keep the updates in here Matthias!

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And be sure that all the update you provide are more than appreciated ;-)

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The updates would be great here, Matthias, I really enjoy reading them!!!

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keep the updates here if you could Matthias(nice project)interestinf that it still seems to be in it's battle of Britain movie markings...is this a new recovery from Connie Edwards?
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Spit - gorgeous

Me-109 - soon will be gorgeous I'm sure!

Keep the pics here, it's cool to go back a few pages at a time and see the progress. Clearly, this is a top notch operation start to finish!
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As always, thanks for the updates Matthias!

oz rb fan wrote:
keep the updates here if you could Matthias(nice project)interestinf that it still seems to be in it's battle of Britain movie markings...is this a new recovery from Connie Edwards?


This one used to be at the National Museum of the USAF. Not sure why they sold it or if it was on loan from a private individual.

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Something smooth and something for the soul ...... and you can buy it ! :drink3:

The magnificant DeHavilland TigerMoth ... this bipe is in a superb condition. No, its not a fighter, but I love it really

The Moth-Team Felix and Patrick

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and outside, a beauty isn´t she ?

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... some detailshots of that old beauty

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So, thats enough old stuff :D
Again, its for sale. So if you are interested, just send me a PM I will make the contact for you

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