Wow, Erik@airbum - This is very impressive. Talk about kit-bashing! Have you ever thought about becoming a surgeon? There was a wonderful hobbyshop that I loved that was actually called "The Plastic Surgeon". Unfortunately it's long gone. Keep me posted on this build.

@fiveten, right, a whole lot of fun! – and thanks
Thanks @lis, I aim to please. . .
For the sake of mankind, no @eb801. And I will.
Fortunately a solution has been found to reduce the gap @johnb. More on that another time.

The office

Attention turned to the office, to get the fuselage closed

It will be a lot easier to get the fuselage bits done with it closed, and so I started on the cockpit. First, a few words about the IP; These machines were as good as a whole new plane, and of course the instrument panel (IP) were very different than a 109. The left side panel were a bit wider – the center thus moved to the right, and the right panel had the variometer in the “kneehole” underneath.

The AML photoetch panel looks very nice, but sadly it is too wide for the eduard cockpit. I will make some tests to see what to do.

The radiohatch has a quicklocking panel in it and a piece of tape were uset to transfer the shape from the AML hatch.

The tape was transferred to mark the location, then a knife and needle were used to cut the hatch.

The right panel was re-worked, fuellines moved, breathing hose removed, a panel for signalcartridges made and a handle and pushrod made

On the left side the fuelprimer had to be altered, and a few more items, like the trimwheels will come later.

On the floor the radio and the fuelpump were deleted

And the back of the cannoncover was removed (they did not have an enginecannon and used the space for something else).

next up I hope to have the fuselage closed – tune in again to check, and feel free to comment

Perfection indeed, my friend @airbum!

Your devotion to accuracy is really outstanding, my friend @airbum! Looking forward to see this bird progressing!

This S199 will be a very accurate replica of the original one, Erik @airbum
Your approaches are very helpful to improve our skills as well.

Thank you @fiveten, so do I.
@johnb, appreciate your kind words
@eb801, thanks for the photos, they are great stuff indeed.
(as for the last of the nice comments above TC has chosen to mute me so I am not really able to comment on his postings)

Making dust, filling

With the LqS and glue hardened it was time to sand it, and the wings got some serious filler

The nose got attention from a new coarse sandingstick to get the shape right

Creating a bit of dust in the process.

It is my experience that some of the late-model eduard 109’s have a considerable gap at the wingroots, and usually I can cancel that out by being extra careful and sanding before assembling the upper and lower skins.

On this one, I have forgotten to do that.

But a pair of thin strips will address that, so a bit more sanding to do before assembling the wing/fuselage.

next up I hope to have the basic shape assembled, but a lot of details still need attention. You will have to check in to see what happens (and of course leaving a comment will warrant a mention in the next update as usual)

Great job indeed, my friend @airbum!