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Gallery Article by Thomas Brückelt on Nov 27 2018

 

      

The model of the BV P.209.02 was built from the excellent Airmodel-resin kit:

https://www.airmodel.de/product_info.php?info=p105_blohm---voss-bv-p--209.html

The project was dated in 1944, it never came to production. It was planned to use a He S 011 turbojet engine and three MK 108 (Cal. 30 mm) as armament. 

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The parts from the kit are very accurate. Cockpit and engine are very well detailled. The canopy is a deepdrawn part.

I decided to make a night fighter out of my BV P.209. I used the antenna on the nose and the external fuel tanks I had left from my Me 1106B from AZ models, see here:

http://www.arcair.com/Gal15/14201-14300/gal14221-Me1106-Bruckelt/00.shtm

Further I added seat belts out of aluminium foil, the gunsight, the pitot tube and the antenna on the back of the fuselage.

A bit extra weight (~ 8 g) in the nose is necessary to keep the model on its three wheels.

Because of the high quality standard of the kit, it´s recommended for modellers with less experience with resin kits.

The kit includes no decals, so I took some from other kits and after market sheets.

The fighter was built within a few days, there was almost no rework necessary. 

Enjoy the pictures!

Greetings from Germany

Thomas Brückelt

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Photos and text © by Thomas Brückelt