Welcome to my latest project.

History

This story begins back on November 18th 1942, while being flown by P/O Bernard Scheidhauer of the Free French Air Force while attached to the 131 "County of Kent" Sqn. Bernard and his wingman, P/O Henri de Bordas, had been on a "rhubarb" to Normandy. Bernard and his ride EN830 was hit by light flak and was forced to make a landing in a turnip field at Dielament Manor, Trinity, Jersey.



Lt Scheidhauer was taken prisoner by the Germans and eventually transported to Stalag Luft III at Sagan, Silesia Poland. Lt Bernard Scheidhauer's story once in Stalag Luft III is one of the most famous and prolific events of the war. You see Scheidhauer was an active participant in the construction of a tunnel caled Harry which lead to the event known as The Great Escape, but that is a different story.

Our story is about Lt Scheidhauer's trusty Spitfire which was made a POW by the Germans and sent, south of Stuttgart, where Daimler-Benz operated a flight testing division. It was here that the Germans removed the Spits Merlin engine. They replaced it with a DB 605A-1 engine and wrapped it in a Bf 110G's engine cowling. Next they attached the propeller from a Bf 109G along with the carburetor scoop.

The Kit(s)

here are the kits that I will be using for this project.



The Spitfire's parts



The Bf 110's parts



Unfortunately for the Bf-110 the only parts that will be needed will be one of its engine cowling. What a waste :cry:

The goal



The real EN830

This build will be a huge test of my modeling skills and will be the first time I attempt to merge two different aircraft. Those of you that are huge fans of the Bf-110 you might want to turn away.

Here are some drawings



Here we go. Time for a Nip/ Tuck



The patient is prepped and ready



Once the engine cowling's were removed from the wings they were trimmed up, glued together with some CA glue and clamped in place to dry.



After the glue dried I used some Tamiya tape to mark the next set of cuts.





next came the fitting and trimming.









Off to the incinerator with the dead parts



That wasn't so painful

I must say that this will be a quite cool crossover and a rather different idea of a build. It's not a "What if" as CJ+ZY according to sources existed. This idea has actually inspired me to make something similar.

It will not be a crossover build such as yours, but rather a crossover paint job. I'm thinking of a war-booty plane painted to be a "Soldier under two flags" Just need to finish my current build first.

Looking forward to see the progress!

Cheers!

Thanks for the kind words. I look forward to seeing what you come up with

i love what you've done so far Dirk. the spitfire is one of my favorite aircraft, i've got that many different marks on the go it's unreal but this is something unique, i knew the germans captured and rebuilt certain allied aircraft for testing and evaluation, but i'd never seen a spitfire with a Daimler-Benz engine. i'll be following this build with interest, good luck mate i'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

This week has been a bit crazy between work, kids and Fantasy football draft. I was able to get a little work done on the wings and cockpit.

The Doctor is in



There was no interior detail so I scratched some ribs.



Pilots access door



Cockpit











Next came the wings



Sadly I had to remove the guns as that is what the Germans did at the time. It's like doing a boob reduction. Its just not right!







This kit was sent to me by a member of another forum. Now I have the prop, spinner and carb scoop I need to complete this Bf-Spitfire.



Thanks for looking

Really nice work so far!

Whats the status on this one Dirk?

A Spitzerschmitt !!

Not far I'm afraid. I got the wings attached and the nose taped in place. Its been sitting on my bench staring at me for months now. Life, work, the holidays and other project interests have gotten in the way.

Here is how she sits right now. Maybe I will figure out a way to start this one up again. It's a great subject.



Thanks for asking about this one.

hi Dirk have you progressed any on your 'spitzerschmitt'