DC-109

[Alvis 3.14159]

Jackal Island*, being remotely located, is by nature pretty much only accessible by air. One of the major airlines servicing this remote, forbidding locale is "LuftRitger", flying one of the oddest variants of the classic Bf-109 ever seen. Using the basic fuselage shape of the Bf-109G series aircraft, but enlarged several times, and mating it with DC-4 wings and engine systems, a whole new airliner was created. Capable of seating 52 in Unter Class, and 12 in the spacious luxury of Uber class, the DC-109 is a marvel of modern(??) engineering. Using the standard Germanic cockpit arrangement allowed great visibility for the flight crew, except in snow, rain, and rear lighting situations. A canopy opening above the pilot's seat allows him to stick his head out into the airflow and get a better view for landings during inclement weather.




Here we see a DC-109, the "City of Jackal Island",  taking on passengers at the Jackal Island* main terminus. Note the elevation: 1.09 meters. Jackal Island Airfield is one of the few major airports in the world where it is inaccessible during high tide!  



This kitbash was created by using the fuselage of a Hasegawa Bf-109G and the wings etc from a Minicraft DC-4. The cockpit area was faired in with a block of balsa, and the new fuselage area was sanded in until it looked "right" It kind of looked like a Chinook Salmon in profile to me. Next, I vacuformed over the spinner, and cut that section out and scratchbuilt in the cockpit area. The glazing was attached, and masked off. The base colour was Testors spraycan Metallic Silver, with the black being hand painted on with Tamiya flat black. The airline and door decals were made in my hand dandy inkjet printer, and the portholes are Letraset dots, applied very carefully, one at a time. The airfield is made up of poster board, an N scale terminal and several of those pre-made 1/144 scale models. The lil people are "Woodland Scenics" N scale figures.

This model is now in the posession of no less than the subject of my sarcasm, Lynn Ritger, he who knows all about 109s! I actually checked with him before I posted this originally on ARC, and he was ok with the whole idea.


Alvis Pi




**Jackal Island is the home of "the Jackal Squadron", a happy group of JMNs I had the pleasure of meeting many years ago in the great ARC Flame Wars. They were, and still are, an inspiration for my sarcastic and biting wit.

[Tophe]

Different scales for the sources? Great!

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

LuftRitger, Oh I like that 

Ian

[kitbasher]

Love it!
Now do something similar with an Me262 and see how much like a Boeing 737-200 it'll look like (Me 737 anyone?).  Go on, you know it makes sense!

[Pablo1965]

I must to say...this is the most fashionable and stylish airliner in its time.
I love this plane. 
Thanks for the concept.

[Alvis 3.14159]

The Me-262/737 hybrid is a good idea, since the basic layout of those planes is so similar. Hmmmm. Maybe a Tamiya Me-262 and a Revelll Germany 737 would work, I'll look into it. It also works out to use a 1/24 Bf-109 and a 1/72 DC-6 to get a similar plane, perhaps an updated DC-109. I have a partially buily Airfix 1/24 109, but I'm not too sure about using the wings off a perfectly good DC-6, since I like that plane a lot. Darn...I hate contradictions like that.

Alvis Pi

[McColm]

Great work

[ysi_maniac]

Absolutely first rate!

[NARSES2]

 

[PALG]

Love propliner and early jetliner whifs so really like this.  

How did you do the cabin windows and doors - decals or by hand?  andy trick to how you kept each side aligned ?

awesome shape, and reminiscent of that post-war french double-decker/du pont (sic) design whose name and designation entirely escape me.

[PALG]

The Me-262/737 hybrid is a good idea, since the basic layout of those planes is so similar. Hmmmm. Maybe a Tamiya Me-262 and a Revelll Germany 737 would work, I'll look into it. It also works out to use a 1/24 Bf-109 and a 1/72 DC-6 to get a similar plane, perhaps an updated DC-109. I have a partially buily Airfix 1/24 109, but I'm not too sure about using the wings off a perfectly good DC-6, since I like that plane a lot. Darn...I hate contradictions like that.

Alvis Pi

Not sure if this is the place for me-too, but I did this, along similar lines:

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,26979.msg401255.html#msg401255

Started an upscaled version using 1/48 Me 262, but havent touched it in 15 months.

[Alvis 3.14159]

Wow...that's brilliant!


Alvis pi

[PALG]

Wow...that's brilliant!


Alvis pi

Thankyou, but i really like your cabin windows - How did you do them?  I ask because i found my approach loathsome and inaccurate and probably a lot of unecessary labour (and i've no idea how to to do good cabin windows on the upscaled version)

[Taiidantomcat]

  Well done again Alvis!!