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My next stage was to glue former F5 into the fuselage. This is mounted in an angle in pre-determined distance from the tail landing gear opening so, if you decide to have the retractable mechanism operational, you can (Ihave no such ambitions and many of the Me-109 had the tail wheel locked open anyway).

I also didn't want to cut any hatches into the fuselage which will test may capability to close them afterwards, so Iknew I am for a challenging gluing task. Ican only say that Idid this stage when I was alone at home, so my wife and daughter will not hear the cursing which was getting worse and worse as time passed and I was repeatedly failing to align the part and hold it for the glue (I was using pins through the fuselage behind the former trying to hold it in place). This was, to my memory, the most amount of time I ever spent on a single part assembly, and by far the most frustrating. but, it was eventually done.
In the photos you can see the former and the Robart #121 before assembly. You need to remember to have the blind nuts in and secure them in place before you assemble the former as without a hatch you will never reach that side of the former again... Then, few of photos of F5 in place.

Now, the Robart #121 is requiring some modifications to the axle to allow the wheel to protrude from the bottom of the fuselage. Since Ihave no machining skills, Iwas a bit stuck now... Ialso think that without properly looking tail wheel with the mud guard the aeroplane look greatly effected.