gws 109

[Merlin spit]

brought this for £25 ,didnt expect much ,was a bit slap dash putting it together fitted out with what i had and brought a £8 motor .

 

well i flew it today in a 10mph wind and it was great fun

for the outlay this has to be great value ,i ve got my eye open for a corsair now.

 

please excuse my custom scheme ,it stands out from the crowd

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[Tim Mackey]

sorted.... austen was obviously so impressed with his model, that he had to post twice!

[Merlin spit]

thanks tim dont know how i did that ,i am well impressed for the money and the gws range seems a good one for my needs ,small anough to carry to my local field

[Andy Ramsay]

The GWS 109 is a good kit, as are most GWS kits. Try the Corsair, I think it is a superb little flyer.

[nasa_steve]

is it me or the angle that looks mighty like an FW190? the cowl looks radial and the tail looks 190 ish the only thing that definately looks 109 is the canopy

nasa

[Kelly]

This is the 190

 

 

 

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Looks different to me?

 

Austens 109 has no spinner yet

 

Kelvin

[nasa_steve]

it must be the lighting in the photo as it really does'nt look like a 109 to me the cowl as i say looks very radial like the 190 but again its very dark in the photo one on the grass in daylight would probably do it more justice

nasa

[Andy Ramsay]

Mine on the grass. I think it's a reasonably accurate kit. Haven't checked it out against a 3 view but to my eye unmistakably a 109. Think the missing  'to be fitted' spinner on austen's post doesn't help.

I like the 190 above. Mine is a bit worse for the wear now.

 

[Merlin spit]

yeah sorry i forgot to put the spinner on i think that would have helped ,but yeah the photo is dark, i  took it on my phone ,and as you can see in andys photo if painted corectly it looks very good.

[Andy Ramsay]

Think your paint scheme looks fine and the model looks good. You're having FUN with it which is the bonus. The only problem with foam kits is that they get a bit tatty with hard usage. Look forward to seeing your Corsair 

[buster prop]

I've just flown my 109, bought as an SG kit. The spinner GWS supply in the kit is a foam one and the idea is that you hollow it out to fit one of their small rubber push-on spinners. I tried this but when I ran the motor the spinner vibrated horribly and flew off across the room! What I did then was re-use an old spinner from a GWS P51, only the front bit, with cutouts for the prop blades. This worked ok and is about the same size as the foam one. Is this because I bought an SG kit? If so, the foam spinner is not intended to be fitted to a motor and spun at high rpm. Another thing, I use UHU POR to stick the model together and use it to stick velcro onto the foam, just smear on some POR let dry and sticky backed tape etc sticks really well. Anyone want an unused tube of GWS glue?