1/33 ModelArt Morane-Saulnier Type L Parasol, paper kit

[smperry]

Richard
Are the wing struts, pylon struts and U/C struts all paper or is there a wire stiffener in there?

This model is moving right along and looking super.
sp

[rhallinger]

Thanks for your encouragement Richard.  Your model looks top Notch!  Looks to me like your struts are brass.

Sp, the plans for the paper kit call for 1mm brass rod for the main struts.  Due to the light weight of the wing and the need for wire nibs to insert in the fuselage, I am opting to use plastic rod for the struts, drilled out with brass wire pins inserted in the ends.

Best,

Bob

[smperry]

Looks like that does the trick. I'm getting fascinated with these paper models and I'm paying attention to all the builds going on.
sp

[RLWP]

Mine are brass tubes from my scatchbuild

Brass rods with paper covering sounds good to me. I'm quite keen on card modelling

Richard

[ermeio]

Great model allover, Richard!
The undercarriage is super

[rhallinger]

Here are the tail feathers in place.  A rather delicate assembly with minimal contact points, which required judicious use of CA applied with a pin.  Seems pretty solid now.

M-S Parasol Paper Model by Robert  Hallinger, on Flickr

Elevator and rudder horns were carefully cut out, edges colored with a Sharpie, then carefully glued in place.  They have to support stretched EZ-Line rigging, so the attachment points were reinforced with CA.

M-S Parasol Paper Model by Robert  Hallinger, on Flickr

Successfully rigged, and it's holding up,  On to the tail skid armature, which will be brass rod soldered, and will require an assembly jig.  Time to find my soldering iron.  Haven't used it in a few years.  Hope I can find it!

Cheers,
Bob

[matt77]

Clean execution, I will appreciate the same mastery for the structural parts.
matt77

[matt77]

Look what I found on an old hard drive,
the finnish MS-Thulin typ D F1 in 1/48.


 

[RAGIII]

The tail feathers look awesome! Terrific work!
RAGIII

[rhallinger]

Thanks Rick. 

Marco, I will do my best with undercarriage and wing struts!   Your 1/48 Finnish Parasol is lovely.  Your finishes are very realistic and appealing to me.  Thanks for sharing that.

I'll try to post some photos of the tail skid work a little later. 

Cheers,

Bob

[NinetythirdLiberator]

Looks great, Bob.  Rigging with EZ should be...well..easy!  Within reason, anyway.

Looking forward to more cool work...Dan

[lone modeller]

Welcome back Richard! I have only just seen this and did not know that you were going to return with a first class paper build! For a first venture into this medium you are showing real skill. Just reading through this thread shows some of the hidden secrets of making paper models - and very interesting and informative they are too.

Stephen.

[rhallinger]

Thanks everyone. 

The instructions provide a full size scale template for the tail skid armature, to be fabricated from brass rod.  I made up a quick basswood jig and glued on a copy of the template to help position the brass pieces for soldering.  Fortunately, I located my soldering iron and solder right where they belonged.  Here is the progression of work, and it went very well.

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[url=https://flic.kr/p/2iUBH8L]M-S Parasol Paper Model by Robert  Hallinger, on Flickr

M-S Parasol Paper Model by Robert  Hallinger, on Flickr

M-S Parasol Paper Model by Robert  Hallinger, on Flickr

Here is the completed and installed tail skid.  The skid is the folded paper part from the kit, attached to the armature with CA and rigged with EZ-Line.

M-S Parasol Paper Model by Robert  Hallinger, on Flickr

M-S Parasol Paper Model by Robert  Hallinger, on Flickr

This came out well for the first try! 

Time to add the engine and cowling on the front end and then build up the undercarriage next.  This is a fun build!

Cheers,

Bob

[RAGIII]

Really impressive bit of soldering on the tail skid. It looks amazing in place!
RAGIII

[NinetythirdLiberator]

Wow, Bob...neat, neat, neat all the way around.  Wings will look great on this beauty!
Dan