Morane-Saulnier Type "N", Special Hobby 1/32

[Umlaufmotor]

Making the MG's mount on the Morane turned out to be a big challenge.
A mix of waste plastic and Evergreen-rod was used here.
Constant adjustment and control was necessary to achieve a good result.

In the pictures you can see very well that the retaining rods run through the sheet metal of the cowling to the mounting points in the cockpit, just like in the original.

Cutting and adjusting the length of the rods at the correct angle at the end point was not easy. I needed several attempts until I was satisfied.









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Bertl

[Umlaufmotor]

The position of the MG on the cowling was determined by the two round knobs on the MG, by the height of the bullet deflectors on the propeller and by the position of the ammo clips.
Also the horizontal and vertical position of the gun itself.
These positions had to be taken into account when creating the mounts.











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Bertl

[Jorgo]

Grüß Dich Bertl!
Incredible what you can always create from waste Plastik! Admirable performance as always!

Jörg

[Umlaufmotor]

After I was satisfied with the complete bracket, it was painted.
I used Tamiya "Semi-Gloss-Black" mixed with a little light grey.
At this point it was important to me that the bracket was a shade different from the black of the cowling - everything in the same colour quickly looks boring and unrealistic.
The eagle-eyed among you will also notice the tiny and fine scratches and paint chips on the tube mounts - these were depicted with a light grey coloured pencil.









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Bertl

[Umlaufmotor]

Grüß Dich Bertl!
Incredible what you can always create from waste Plastik! Admirable performance as always!

Jörg

@Jorgo

Ich grüße Dich zurück, Jörg!

Yes, never throw waste plastic in the bin - you can build (almost entire) aeroplanes out of it 

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Bertl

[Umlaufmotor]

Now for the painting of the small machine gun.
I didn't use ready mixed gunmetal colors for this.
In most cases I use Tamiya "Semi-gloss-black" with some brown.
This makes it very easy to show the somewhat brownish burnished surface of used weapons.
Don't use too much brown, the weapons were by no means rusted!

This is only the first step of the MG painting - more then tomorrow.





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Bertl

[Rookie]

Silence is golden....

Willem

[KiwiZac]

Silence is golden....

Willem

What he said! Or, didn't!

I'm sorry to hear of your tough times at work Bertl and I'm excited to see these wonderful updates - the ammunition in particular looks terrific!

[pepperman42]

More amazing work. Cliff hanger ending too!!

Steve

[bobs_buckles]

The Master has delivered! 

Keep up the great work 

Bob

[lcarroll]

    Truly masterful Modelling Bertl, a real lesson in detailing and so much pleasure to follow your progress. I am lost for words, this Build is an exceptional learning experience and just keeps getting better. This "Club" of ours is privileged and grateful to host such work! Many thanks for all you share with us.
Cheers,
Lance

[andonio64]

I agree with Lance, sometimes I feel like a college student fascinated by reading some Nobel prize scientist works...
Chapeau!

[Umlaufmotor]

I had still written in my last post "more then tomorrow".
Sorry, too much has happened this week.

But today I have some opportunity to post more pictures here.

But before that, my heartfelt thanks to you for the great comments.
Many thanks to Lance, andonio64, Bob, Steve, Zac and Willem 

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Bertl

[Umlaufmotor]

Back to the painting of the MG.
Here the result of the first priming with semi-gloss-black and a little bit of brown.



The next step:
The first highlights are set on small corners and edges, but also on the MG's tube with Mr. metalcolor "Stainless".
These highlights were made with a soft brush.
A very fine makeup sponge also works very well.









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Bertl

[Umlaufmotor]

After the "makeup" with "Stainless", the grip of the Hotchkiss-MG was painted with Mr. Metalcolor "Brass".
The two grip plates I painted again relatively dark.
Both times I used a very thin but pointed brush.
The brass screw, that holds the two grips to the brass part, was made with the tip of a toothpick.
In addition, more light metal effect with "Stainless" were applied.

The two pictures were "shot" through the magnifying glass of a table lamp, therefore the MG appears distorted in length.





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Bertl