CSM Salmsom-Moineau S.M.1 1:48 scale

[RAGIII]

Des, Outstanding work on those PE panels.
RAGIII

[Des]

Thank you Pietro and Rick for leaving very kind comments.

I added a bit of paint to the front portion of the fuselage using Hobby Color (Gunze) H334 Barley Gray, I also repainted the exhaust manifold this time using Humbrol Metal Cote 27003 Polished Steel. I had to cut a slot in the rear of the fuselage to accept the tail plane, it is now glued in position, I still need to tidy it up a bit where I made the slot. I also removed the three fuel/oil filler pipes which where resin, I will be replacing them with brass tube.

Des.

[Manni]

Wow, it looks really fantastic. I like theese strange looking Machines from a time, were every weird idea was build just to see if it is an improvement to the known planes.
Manni

[Borsos]

Des, it is looking better and better with every day. Brilliant built!
Borsos

[coyotemagic]

Oh, man, Des!  I really like this!  You've done an outstanding job getting all the fuselage parts blended.  Can't wait to start mine.
Cheers,
Bud

[GAJouette]

 Des,
As always Master Level works from a most talented modeler and gentleman. Keep up the excellence my old friend.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

[Ernie]

Des,
As always Master Level works from a most talented modeler and gentleman. Keep up the excellence my old friend.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

I couldn't agree more with Gregory. Beautiful work, Des!

Cheers,
Ernie

[Monty]

Wow! That is precise, detailed and masterful work, Des! I'm liking this a lot!
Regards,
Marc

[lone modeller]

This is proving to be a most useful guide - and from a master modeller. I just hope that when I do get around to scratch building this it will be nearly as good as this.

Stephen.

[Des]

My many thanks to Manni, Borsos, Bud, Gregory, Ernie, Marc and Stephen for looking in and leaving very kind comments, they are very much appreciated.

Des.

[markleecarter]

It really is a fascinating looking machine and a beautiful build too!

[Des]

As I said earlier this model will be built mainly OOB, so I added the kit supplied resin radiators, I added some pipes to the radiators using 0.6mm copper wire, I also added the breather pipes which still need to be capped off and a small pipe fitted.. I filed some caps for the fuel/oil filler pipes, these are filed from 2.25mm brass rod. The brass filler caps and the radiators where glued on using 5 minute epoxy while the small copper pipes where glued with CA. The nose of the aeroplane has been painted with Gunze off-white.

Des.

[bobs_buckles]

Looking swell, Des!
Keep up the good work.

vB 

[lone modeller]

This has been moved! Nearly lost it!!

The extra details are making this look better each time. It is going to be interesting to see this when the drive shafts and propellors are put into place.

Stephen.

[RAGIII]

Edgar certainly chose the right person for this build! A Master Modeler is a Master Modeler no matter the scale preference. Looking absolutely stunning!
RAGIII