Author Topic: 1/90 Scratch-built Roland Garros' armed Morane-Saulnier L Parasol  (Read 868 times)

Offline Br-BaiRang

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Another scratch built model made of paper and super glue.
This model was a fairly quick build,  quite enjoyable.
Mainly referred to the Flight magazine and Windsock Datafile No. 16: Morane-Saulnier Type L written by J.M.Bruce.


















Thanks for watching!
« Last Edit: April 14, 2026, 11:47:50 AM by Br-BaiRang »
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Re: 1/90 Scratch-built Roland Garros' armed Morane-Saulnier L Parasol
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2026, 05:26:45 PM »
Some work-in-progress photos below








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Re: 1/90 Scratch-built Roland Garros' armed Morane-Saulnier L Parasol
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2026, 06:52:54 PM »
Another beautiful scratchbuild, amazing craftsmanship all round!

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Re: 1/90 Scratch-built Roland Garros' armed Morane-Saulnier L Parasol
« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2026, 12:50:37 AM »
Indeed, beautiful and eye appealing.

I looked more closely at the pictures of the wing being made.

Do you use two pieces of paper - one for the upper and one for the bottom of the wing with a built up inner structure?

It looks that way but the pictures of the finished model show a very thin delicate wing. The internal structure must be quite thin itself. Does it provide enough stiffness that it provides the curvature to the wing or is that a result of careful alignment after the CA is applied but before it hardens?

cheers, Graham

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Re: 1/90 Scratch-built Roland Garros' armed Morane-Saulnier L Parasol
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2026, 03:49:43 AM »
Wow, all credit to you.
The structure of the Morane L makes this a challenge to build, in any medium.
I had a simple 1:72 resin kit, and quickly decided to replace the struts with steel wire...
Love your work on the wing.

Mark

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Re: 1/90 Scratch-built Roland Garros' armed Morane-Saulnier L Parasol
« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2026, 04:21:02 AM »
Once again an inspiring build.
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Re: 1/90 Scratch-built Roland Garros' armed Morane-Saulnier L Parasol
« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2026, 10:54:40 AM »
Indeed, beautiful and eye appealing.

I looked more closely at the pictures of the wing being made.

Do you use two pieces of paper - one for the upper and one for the bottom of the wing with a built up inner structure?

It looks that way but the pictures of the finished model show a very thin delicate wing. The internal structure must be quite thin itself. Does it provide enough stiffness that it provides the curvature to the wing or is that a result of careful alignment after the CA is applied but before it hardens?

cheers, Graham
Yes you're right, that's two pieces of paper, I adjusted the thickness of paper to control the strenth and the translucency of the "fabric cover".
You should shape the paper parts before apply the super glue.
Although I used super glue to bond the upper cover with the super-glue-hardened lower cover and wing ribs to raise the translucency of the whole wing part, in this case super glue is used mostly as a "stiffener", not as an "adhesive".

EDITTED ERRATA
It's not built up inner structure. The wing ribs are bonded with the lower wing cover.

Bai
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Re: 1/90 Scratch-built Roland Garros' armed Morane-Saulnier L Parasol
« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2026, 11:01:03 AM »
Wow, all credit to you.
The structure of the Morane L makes this a challenge to build, in any medium.
I had a simple 1:72 resin kit, and quickly decided to replace the struts with steel wire...
Love your work on the wing.

Mark
I found that too, so I used brass wire and staples as struts instead of super-glue-hardened paper.
1/90 is a small scale, in this scale the weight of wing part is low enough, so brass wire and super glue is hard enough to support the whole wing.

Bai
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Re: 1/90 Scratch-built Roland Garros' armed Morane-Saulnier L Parasol
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2026, 11:02:43 AM »
Once again an inspiring build.
Alan.
Another beautiful scratchbuild, amazing craftsmanship all round!
Wow thank you all Alan and NigelR!

Bai
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Re: 1/90 Scratch-built Roland Garros' armed Morane-Saulnier L Parasol
« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2026, 07:28:43 PM »
Beautiful!
Is that prop glue-hardened paper?
And can you post a picture of the alcohol based UHU you mentioned?
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Re: 1/90 Scratch-built Roland Garros' armed Morane-Saulnier L Parasol
« Reply #10 on: April 14, 2026, 07:40:05 PM »
Beautiful!
Is that prop glue-hardened paper?
And can you post a picture of the alcohol based UHU you mentioned?
Joachim
Sorry I forgot to reply you Joachim! UHU in your picture is the UHU glue I mentioned, I found that UHU is more efficient than white glue. UHU glue has a low water content, so it hardly causes paper to absorb moisture and warp when applied. Now I mainly use UHU for card models now.
Yes the propeller is made of glue-hardened paper card. When it was hardened I used a knife to carve it into the shape of propeller, then sand it. It's really hard and tough to carve,but it's also very strong once finished.
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Re: 1/90 Scratch-built Roland Garros' armed Morane-Saulnier L Parasol
« Reply #11 on: April 30, 2026, 01:21:31 PM »
That is beautiful.  The prop and translucent parts just floor me.  Excellent and thanks for sharing!

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Re: 1/90 Scratch-built Roland Garros' armed Morane-Saulnier L Parasol
« Reply #12 on: April 30, 2026, 05:32:41 PM »
That is beautiful.  The prop and translucent parts just floor me.  Excellent and thanks for sharing!

Dan
Thank you Dan!
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Re: 1/90 Scratch-built Roland Garros' armed Morane-Saulnier L Parasol
« Reply #13 on: May 01, 2026, 01:52:43 AM »
Your models are inspiring - the translucence of the wings is just so realistic. The size is small (I know because I scratch build mainly in 1/72 scale), so the details are very fine and extremely well done.

Stephen.

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Re: 1/90 Scratch-built Roland Garros' armed Morane-Saulnier L Parasol
« Reply #14 on: May 04, 2026, 01:30:38 PM »
Your models are inspiring - the translucence of the wings is just so realistic. The size is small (I know because I scratch build mainly in 1/72 scale), so the details are very fine and extremely well done.

Stephen.
Thank you Stephen!
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