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- Joachim Geier
Born in 1966 I can surely remember me
modelling at the age of 10 but this must have started much earlier. Memory
starts fading (some say with age and Alzheimer these early memories will
return). Since then, apart from building some tanks and figures as well I was
completely addicted to aeroplanes.
Finally in 1987 I decided to build only
aeroplanes in 32nd scale. On one side this meant that much more detailed
aircraft could be made, on the other hand, building and research time has
increased as well. In January 1981 I started my second passion, flying real
aeroplanes. Since 1988 I hold my glider licence and since 1990 the one for
single piston engined aircraft up to two tons.
Next to gliding, I think the most exciting
way to fly are vintage aircraft of all kinds. Flying sports aeroplanes such as
the Cessna is nice but not the real thing. Unfortunately the real thing is too
expensive.
Joachim
  
 
Above: here are some fresh
fotos of my recently finished (new)
Revell Bf 109 G-4/Trop.
"Messcherschmitt Bf 109 G-2 built nearly OOB. This aircraft was flown by
Leutnant Walter "Graf Punski" Krupinski, 6./JG 52, Armavir, Eastern
Front, August 1942"
  
   
Another of Joachim's latest
projects - a superb Me 109G-6 from the Hasegawa kit - Joachim did some
small improvements on the cockpit area. The gun barrels e.g. were drilled from
straightened paper clips (I think next time I will try iron nails) and the
brake lines completely redone. Further the wheel covers were improved with
sheet alloy and the exhausts made from copper sheet. The spinner too was
lengthened as I think the one in the kit is too blunt and the canon opening is
too small. All additional parts were made from scratch, no resin conversion
sets or stuff like this were used at all.
 
  
Bf 109 E´s
The desert 109 E-7 is the Matchbox kit, the
E-1 is the one from Hasegawa. To be true, I consider the Matchbox one, apart
from its shortcomings in panel lines to be the better of the two. The Hasegawa
is too slim I think.
 
F3F-3
The F3F-3 was built from the Revell kit and
I replaced that ugly kit engine by a Williams Bros. engine. Of interest is the
airfoil wiring of the wings. Here I use cut plastic foil (e.g. the clear parts
of plastic binders) then stretch it above the oven or any other heat source.
  
Fw 190-D9
The Fw 190-D9 is the Revell kit and here as
well a lot of work went in, including new cockpit and wheel wells.
  
The two Spitfires and the Mustang are rather
old and made long time ago.
 
Trumpeter Yak 18
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