News from MeierMotors South Germany EDTG

Matthias Dorst · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2011 1:39 pm

Some more details ? Okay, here we are, here we go

engine mount .... the firewall we be replaced

architecture ... I love such insights

"Handlochdeckel" is the German word for that hatch

wingradiator housing

detailshot wheelbay

maingeararrestinghook .... dont know the right term in english

Matthias Dorst · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:05 pm

lets talk about gears and struts

heavy metal !

the maingear on the bench

Matthias Dorst · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:12 pm

something special :twisted:

.... teeth to bite those Hurricans and Spitfires :evil:

just kidding .... these teeth are for adjusting the wheel alignment

after adjusting the wheel alignment, both parts are screwed together with that "ring" in the middle. The ring is tapped clockwise on one side and counterclockwise on the other. In my opinion a simple but perfect solution ... typical German craftmanship

insights

Matthias Dorst · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:34 pm

also a major part of every Messerschmitt ... attachment maingear to the fuselage

washing off all those colors

in the paintshop

RLM02

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:33 pm

Very cool stuff, thanks

svengi · **Joined:** Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:44 pm **Posts:** 79

thank you for sharing your progress and posting photos, I love seeing the nuts and bolts of warbirds

Chappie · **Joined:** Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:40 am **Posts:** 987

Beautiful work Matthias. Great photography too!!

Chappie

b29flteng · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:09 am

"maingeararrestinghook .... dont know the right term in english"

Uplock or downlock

Keep the great photos and posts coming!

the330thbg · **Joined:** Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:06 pm **Posts:** 2713

Wow she is pretty!

mlenoch · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:38 am

(Almost hate to ask.......)
Curious, are those original primer colors for the landing gear pieces?
Thank you,
VL

yankeepapa · **Joined:** Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:48 am **Posts:** 28

The landing gears of ME109 generally are painted with that green color, probably named RLM84, but the RLM chart is so complicated, may be Mathhias will add more infos. the cockipt inside is grey, RLM 02.
Matthias, please continue your reports it is so interesting, even from France where I live. the brothers are doing an excellent work in germany. felicitations
yp

Matthias Dorst · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 4:02 pm

vlado wrote:

(Almost hate to ask.......)
Curious, are those original primer colors for the landing gear pieces?
Thank you,
VL

no, this is not the primer color, theses colors are original WW2 color tones, here RLM02.

RLM02 was used for the landing gear, cockpit and so on. As the guideline said : all parts not lying in the airstream are painted RLM02.

Steve Nelson · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:50 pm

Stupid question alert: is this the re-engined Buchon that used to be on display at the NMUSAF?

SN

lmritger · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:12 pm

Steve, yes it is. And Matthias is mostly correct about RLM 02 being specified as the interior color for all non-exterior surfaces... the only exception would be the areas visible through the glazing, which are to be painted in RLM 66 Schwartzgrau (black-grey). This changeover was mandated from Nov 1941, although several companies (particularly Junkers) had been using 66 almost exclusively for their cockpits for a couple years before the mandate.

Matthias, thanks so much for showing the disassembled gear legs... I had occasionally wondered how the wheel alignment was set and your photos give an absolutely unequivocal answer. That is indeed a clever method!

Cheers,

Lynn

Trey Carroll · **Posted:** Fri Oct 21, 2011 3:30 pm

Matthias,

Can you give us a sneak peak on what Mustang the TF-51 will represent when she gets finished?

Keep up the updates, we all love them! :drinkers:

Trey

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