Special Hobby Morane Saulnier A-1 .... 1/48

[uncletony]

Congrats, looks true to me!

[coyotemagic]

Congrats, looks true to me!

I concur, Joe.  Fantastic job.
Cheers,
Bud

[JoeDxMB]

Thanks. 

It's  not completly  "true" but, it was the best could do given what I had to work with ......... parts  that  did not fit very well and a lack of a better jig . The kit could have been  much better engineered to make the wing mounting a bit easier.
If  anyone  were  to consider building this kit, I would  stongly suggest bulding a simple jig to mount the wing if they do not  already have one.

Howver, I don't think that any misalingment  will be noticable when the mofdel is completed .

[Des]

Well done on mounting the wing Joe, it looks pretty good to me, and the finish on your model is superb, a very appealing colour scheme.

Des.

[JoeDxMB]

DISASTER!............

I'm sorry to report that the A-1 is no more. 

Last week when I attemped to lift the A-1 off its shelf to my kitchen table to work on it,  I dropped it.
My refelex action was to grab it to prevent it from falling which completely  tore off  the wing and part of the tall with all of the wing/tail  rigging with it.  It was so  damaged that emotionally, I cound not bear to try to repair it. So, I thew it  out . 
 
However, in my past RC aircraft days, I learnd to quickly  shrug off a damanged/crashed aircraft and I was only angry with myself for a minute or two .
I was never comptetely  happy with the wing mounting anyway . Yeah,  a bit of sour grapes perhaps but, it was true none the less.

In any event, the A-1  was learning experience  in a few different ways so,  it was not a total loss . What I learneed  from it will be applied to future builds.

Now, onward to  better things!

BTW,  I'm currently building a Williams Bros 1/48 Ford Flivver ( I love all sorts of vintage aircraft) that I  started along with  A-1 and it almost done. it's a very simple build . So, I'm "over" the A-1 and  I'm "back on the horse"   

However,   I got an Eduard Nieuport 11 (profipack) comming and I may start on that. I always liked the N-11.
Yes, I wiil be more carefull with that.

[uncletony]

That's too bad Joe :-(

[Whiteknuckles]

That's a complete bummer Joe, I was looking forward to seeing it complete.

Ah well, onwards and upwards

Andrew

[Des]

That is a real shame Joe, and it was looking so good, ah well, these things happen and we just have to look forward to the next model. On the bright side, you now have some good spare parts for your spares box.

Des.