Me 109 V-14 - AZ Model 1:72nd

 

 Me 109 V-14 D-ISLU. Click on the image for a full-screen view..

The Me 109 V-14 was a 'racing' prototype powered by the new DB 601 engine. It is easily distinguishable by its large 'cylindrical' supercharger intake. The V-14 was coded D-ISLU and flown and crashed by Udet at Dübendorf in  Switzerland in 1937.  Devoid of all military equipment the V-14 was probably not built from an Emil airframe, unlike AZ's model in 1:72nd scale! AZ do mould new fuselage halves and make a reasonably good job of it, although leaving the modeller to undertake some filling and filing work; most notably on the upper cowl MG troughs and the lower wing cannon bulges - which was a surprise as their E-1 kit comes with two sets of wings, one of which does not have the lower wing bulges. Unfortunately, this is just one of a number of modifications required to make a proper V-14 : spinner, air intakes, landing gear covers and bays all really need some attention. Note that all the cooling louvres are of different shape and position than on an Emil. The lower cowl oil cooler may be larger than AZ have made it  - simply cut off and substitute a normal Gustav radiator. Colour was 'weinrot' - not blue.. 

Model built by Michel Wilhelme. Photos of the V-14 scanned from the Van Ishoven archive. Click to view full screen.