So I just got a 1/48 vac formed Avia S-199 “Mule” thats in need of some aftermarket TLC and I need to know just how useful all those BF-109G sets on the aftermarket will be to me:
Are there any extreme differences between the cockpits and landing gear bays of the two types, or will a BF-109G pit and gear wells look at home in the S-199?
Did the S-199 use the same type of wheels as the BF-109G?
Are there any aftermarket sets of exhaust stacks for the Jumo 211 engine that the S-199 had, there are no exhaust stacks in my kit?
Just how far can I bluff it with BF-109G sets, or am I bluffing at all with them?
“After WWII the Czechs were left with the remnants of aircraft factories that had been used by the occupying Germans to build Messerschmitt aircraft, in particular the Bf109 in the Gustav variant, or G model. Avia was one of such factories with a good supply of Bf109G airframes but with no Daimler-Benz engines. I read somewhere that the engines have been destroyed by an allied air raid; other sources said it had been a factory fire after the war. While the DB engines could not be had, there was a good supply of Jumo 211F engines. The catch was that these engines were designed for bombers; they had plenty of power but they were heavy, and they developed a lot of torque at low R.P.M, like a truck engine”
i foudthis on hyperscales website after a quick read i learned the avia had alot of surplus 109 airframes!
I’m pretty sure that aft of the firewall there is little or no differences between the S-199 and the late model 109 G/K. Apparently the 109 continued in production w/the DB engine until the large warehouse in which the available new engines were stored burned down. The Junkers Jumo was available in quantity (which apparently the DB wasn’t) so the design was modified to accept that engine and a new propeller.
I would have no problems with using 109G/K PE or Resin sets for the cockpit and airframe on the S-199. As far as the exhaust stubs go, I don’t believe there are any AM exhaust stubs available as such. How close a match is the S-199 exhaust system to the HE-111 or Ju-87 installations? I’m pretty sure there are AM Resin items available for those kits and they may be adaptable to your model.
As fore differences, the 109 some times had underwing arnament , this was standard on the s-199. Because of the different engine there was no arnement in the fuselage.
Well, since I posted I have been able to snap up an Aires Jumo 211 engine for my kit.
RemcoGrob: All the pictures of S-199s I’ve seen have retained the nose machine guns. They are also included in Aires S-199 detail set. As for the underwing gun pods, I think they were only on the actual fighter S-199s, the training ones were without them.
Most of the Czech examples on the decal sheet I managed to get are from flight schools.