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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Completed models => Topic started by: Br-BaiRang on April 08, 2026, 12:58:45 PM

Title: 1/90 Scratch-built Santos-Dumont no.20 "Demoiselle" with paper and super glue
Post by: Br-BaiRang on April 08, 2026, 12:58:45 PM
I'm new here, and I don't know if this should be posted on "pre WWI aircrafts" or not so please forgive me if I make a mistake. It was not in the Great War after all.
This model was built in 2024 and it was made of paper and super glue.
Mainly referred to Mr. Stuart Kirkland Wier's fantastic article Superbly Small: Alberto Santos-Dumont and his Demoiselle Airplanes
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Thanks for watching!
Title: Re: 1/90 Scratch-built Santos-Dumont no.20 "Demoiselle" with paper and super glue
Post by: NigelR on April 08, 2026, 06:14:12 PM
That's a small plane and it's even smaller in this scale! That is very nice scratcbuilding work, and the paper is very effective at representing the fabric.

I will let one of the moderators comment on the right forum for this, but as the pre-WWI section is very quiet I do not think there will be a problem with posting completed models here. I am glad to see this one!
Title: Re: 1/90 Scratch-built Santos-Dumont no.20 "Demoiselle" with paper and super glue
Post by: DaddyO on April 08, 2026, 06:23:00 PM
 :o Wow

Lovely workmanship displayed.
 The Demoiselle surprisingly makes for a good flying model. I remember building a peanut scale version about 13 " wingspan many years ago for rubber powered flying indoors (I think the plan was a Ray Hannan design)

Paul
Title: Re: 1/90 Scratch-built Santos-Dumont no.20 "Demoiselle" with paper and super glue
Post by: Flamingo on April 08, 2026, 07:38:38 PM
Very nice model of this tiny plane! Impressive detail.
Finished a paper model from Fiddlers Green a couple of days ago. Should have been 1/72 but a wrong scale on the sheet
made it closer to 1/100. Just a quick built with no detail.
Greetings Joachim
Title: Re: 1/90 Scratch-built Santos-Dumont no.20 "Demoiselle" with paper and super glue
Post by: Dirigible-Al on April 09, 2026, 12:39:16 AM
This is really great stuff and Santos Dumont is a hero of mine. I have always fancied building one of his airships but never got round to doing it. Thanks for posting this, it's a delight to see.
Alan.
Title: Re: 1/90 Scratch-built Santos-Dumont no.20 "Demoiselle" with paper and super glue
Post by: Alexis on April 09, 2026, 02:39:05 AM
Fantastic work in such a small scale



Alexis
Title: Re: 1/90 Scratch-built Santos-Dumont no.20 "Demoiselle" with paper and super glue
Post by: KiwiZac on April 09, 2026, 07:28:26 AM
What an absolute beauty, wow! I'm lost for words!
Title: Re: 1/90 Scratch-built Santos-Dumont no.20 "Demoiselle" with paper and super glue
Post by: PrzemoL on April 09, 2026, 07:50:35 PM
Fantastic!
Title: Re: 1/90 Scratch-built Santos-Dumont no.20 "Demoiselle" with paper and super glue
Post by: lone modeller on April 10, 2026, 08:02:38 AM
What the others have written - that is a truly first class model in unusual media. Many congratulations on a super model.

Stephen.