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Do Me109s have a seam running down the spine
chris1
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Posted: Sunday, September 14, 2008 - 07:48 PM UTC
Hi Guys
A quick question for the 109 boffins out there.
I nearly ready to close up the fuselage on my 109E4,but i read somewhere that there is a seam that ran down the spine of 109s I can't seem to find the article,
So can someone confirm if this is true

Regards

Chris
alpha_tango
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Posted: Sunday, September 14, 2008 - 08:20 PM UTC
Hi Chris

In short: yes

cheers

Steffen
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Posted: Sunday, September 14, 2008 - 09:02 PM UTC
taylgr
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Posted: Sunday, September 14, 2008 - 09:26 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Hi Guys
A quick question for the 109 boffins out there.
I nearly ready to close up the fuselage on my 109E4,but i read somewhere that there is a seam that ran down the spine of 109s I can't seem to find the article,
So can someone confirm if this is true

Regards

Chris


Kiaora Chris,

Bf 109 E4 -



Greg
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Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008 - 05:09 AM UTC
Do they have a corresponding seam on the bottom as well?
chris1
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Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008 - 08:30 AM UTC
Thanks Guys,
for clarifying that,at least that's one seam that doesn't need to be eliminated.
Greg:sorry about the rugby on Saturday..ABs tri nations champs.

Regards

Chris
Blackwulf
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Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008 - 12:03 PM UTC
Not sure about the bottom seam. Steffen probably knows. Its a 50/50 chance they did though-lol. I'm not sure that they wrapped a metal sheet around the fuselage or if they placed an individual piece on each side creating a seam at top and bottom. It seems that they would have created a sturdier fuselage if they wrapped the sheet metal around the frame connecting it together on top. I couldn't find any decent photos showing the bottom of a Me(Bf)-109.

P.S. I know thats not proper nomenclature Steffen-lol I just tried to get both in at once to avoid typing it twice.
alpha_tango
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Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008 - 06:50 PM UTC

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Not sure about the bottom seam. Steffen probably knows. Its a 50/50 chance they did though-lol. I'm not sure that they wrapped a metal sheet around the fuselage or if they placed an individual piece on each side creating a seam at top and bottom. It seems that they would have created a sturdier fuselage if they wrapped the sheet metal around the frame connecting it together on top. I couldn't find any decent photos showing the bottom of a Me(Bf)-109.

P.S. I know thats not proper nomenclature Steffen-lol I just tried to get both in at once to avoid typing it twice.


Yeah, but the hyphen is badong

Of course the seam is also at the bottom ... the 109 was not only chosen because of Willy being a nice guy .. ease of construction was a major advantage of the crate

cheers

Steffen
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