[weiwencheng]

Does anyone know of a better location to get the Udet BF-109 than the mule? I am also looking for the Lady Lex WIldcat. I am seeing price starting at 69. Please pm if anyone has better ideas. Thanks

[hworth18]

Prices are pretty standard unless you just happen to find one on sale, so the Mule is probably going to be your best option..

[parsig9]

DAP offers 10% off to newsletter subs. and free shipping over $100.

Wings and Wheel offers a low price gaurantee to beat any price. Might be worth a shot.

I shot him an email on a couple C1 biplanes which normally go for $70 each and he sold both for a very good price including shipping.

[weiwencheng]

Thanks for the help, I will see what I come up with.

[parsig9]

This seems to be the Udet Messerschmitt thread so I'll ask here.

Are the tail decals waterslide or stickers?

I assume waterslide but I saw the one Martin took the pics of at Flying Mule have the decals on the tail and I find it hard to imagine taking the time to cut out and apply waterslide decals for those website pics. Just seems like not something they might do at work before the pics...

[hworth18]

Originally Posted by parsig9

This seems to be the Udet Messerschmitt thread so I'll ask here.

Are the tail decals waterslide or stickers?

I assume waterslide but I saw the one Martin took the pics of at Flying Mule have the decals on the tail and I find it hard to imagine taking the time to cut out and apply waterslide decals for those website pics. Just seems like not something they might do at work before the pics...

Carousel's Fw-190s swastikas are tampo'ed, this one is probably done the same way since it was the last release for the 109, but I could be wrong..

[weiwencheng]

The decals are waterslide.

[hworth18]

Originally Posted by weiwencheng

The decals are waterslide.

There ya go...................

[parsig9]

A few shots of my new Udet. From the card Carousel includes (and the Flying Mule site)
Ernst Udet joined JG1 “Richthofen’s Flying Circus” in 1917 and served under Manfred von Richthofen later, Hermann Goering. Udet was awarded the ‘Blue Max’ and was the top German ace to survive the First World War. With charisma , daring, and a keen sense of humor , Udet promoted himself into an international celebrity in the world of aviation. He made three successful mountain/aviation movies in Germany with Leni Riefenstahl. He traveled widely and flew camera planes for German expeditions into Africa and Arctic. Udet made friends with several WWI adversaries , including Eddie Rickenbacker, Bert Hall, Billy Bishop, and Rene Fonck. Udet competed at the 1931 National Cleveland Air Races at Cleveland and was friendly with aviation personalities like Roscoe Turner and Hollywood stars like Harold Lloyd. Wherever there were beautiful women and champagne, the happy – go-lucky Udet was welcome. In 1934 the Nazis were in power and Goering persuaded Udet to head the technical office of the new Luftwaffe. Udet was unsuitable for bureaucracy or ruthless intrigues among men he had befriended like Goering and Erhard Milch. Udet’s role in promoting the Ju 87 Stuka is well known, but he also chose the Messerschmitt 109 for production, earning the enmity of his then-deputy Milch, who hated Willy Messerschmitt. Geneva was the biggest aviation event in Europe, and Germany planned to dominate it in 1937. Udet was to fly the 1560-hp Bf 109 V-14. The German team easily defeated their competition, but in the big race, Alpenrunflug Kategorie A : Einsitzer on 27 July 1937, Udet’s V-14 crashed heavily with a cracked oil line. The fuselage broke in half just behind the cockpit but he suffered only minor injuries. He continued his work to build the Luftwaffe, promoting new types like the Fw 190 , Me 163 and Me 262 against the opposition of Milch, who made him the scapegoat for Luftwaffe failure in the Battle of Britain. In August 1941 Udet tried to resign but Goering refused. Reportedly Udet became depressed and shot himself on 17 November 1941. But some blamed Milch, claiming Ernst Udet loved life too much to kill himself and arranged “suicides” were a popular Nazi method of eliminating those with too much prestige to be challenged publicly or executed.


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[Cruver Collecter]

Neat looking Bf 109, and colorful too.