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

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The metal cover to the right and left of the pilot's shoulders were also mounted.
These are etched parts from the kit. Painted with Tamiya "semi-gloss-black" and a drop of light gray.
After that the edges were chipped.











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Bertl

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Ah, by the way, this is my template for the color scheme.

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Continue with the upper tension tower.



The kit plastic part was sanded considerably thinner.
I also adjusted the shape so that the profile was thinned towards the rear - more or less like an airfoil.





The tensioning tower was sawed in at the top with the resin saw about 2 tenths of a millimeter and the etched part for attaching the tensioning ropes was glued into this slot with super glue.





Missing mounting holes were completed with a 0.2mm drill bit.



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Bertl

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The kit includes a very nice resin pulley.
This is refined a bit and anchored at the top of the tension tower, at the last hole with a piece of copper wire.













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Bertl

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The tension tower is painted in the same way as the engine cowling.
Primer in light gray, over this painted with Mr. Metalcolor aluminum and over that a layer of Tamiya semi-gloss-black with a drop of light gray.
A little bit of chipping..... more at the front of the tension tower, where wind and weather have greater influence.
With 0,1mm thin silver wire, the eyelets are shown.







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Bertl

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From top to bottom, the lower tension tower.



The same procedure, the material was ground considerably thinner.
Here also, a contour similar to a wing contour was created.
The plastic parts from the box also had to be significantly reworked.





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Bertl

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It took quite a bit of work to build a tension tower that is very close to the original.
The following pictures describe the way of work.













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Bertl

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Scratch-built was the motto.
Waste plastic from Wingnut Wings, Evergreen Profile and brass tubes were my material suppliers.













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Bertl

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The result satisfied me very much (which is rather rare)













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[PrzemoL]

I could watch this build thread for hours...

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The painting was done in the same way as for the upper tension tower.





Here again for comparison, the original.



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I could watch this build thread for hours...

 Thank you @PrezemoL

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The turnbuckles were made from 0.4mm brass tubes and 0.10mm silver wire.
The tensioning ropes are 0.10mm fishing line.









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Bertl

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The following pictures show the course of the steering and tensioning ropes.
The landing gear can also be seen there - but more about that soon.













That's it for today - I thank you for "looking in" -  bye.

[FAf]

Magic! It's probably done with mirrors and smoke... 😀

Awesome work!
/Fredrik