1/32 Morane Saulnier L - scratching an itch

[RAGIII]

Brilliant work to date. The bracing wires are certainly convincing and the stick and rudder bar look great!
RAGIII

[RLWP]

Thank you!

This is my take on the pilot and observer's seats:



The seat back is too tall, I'm leaving it. The box under the observers seat appears to be a pair of boards to stop him standing on the control cables. I have added a top

I've sorted out the lovely tubular hinge arrangement for the tailplane and rudder:



And a Blu-Tac assembly:



Richard

[Borsos]

Lovely!
Borsos

[RLWP]

A touch of colour:



I've also finished the undercarriage, I may have overdone the axle deflection - it looks rather more like a Camel

Richard

[RLWP]

I think I have made a bit more progress on this:



There are other images and articles online, this one for instance:



http://www.museumoftechnology.org.uk/objects/_expand.php?key=518

This shows the wander plug for the variable inductance coil and the scales, the aerial connection bottom left, the earth connection top left. I'm wondering if the morse key is the central button of the bit labelled 'spark gap adjuster'

I'd like to run down where the battery was connected, it may be via the ammeter on top for the positive

[RLWP]

Ahhh, this might help!

http://www.tuberadio.com/robinson/museum/Sterling_Spark/

Richard

[Des]

Thanks Richard for the link, it is excellent reference material for anyone wanting to scratch build one of these transmitters.

Des.

[Juan]

Love what you have done so far, looking forward to your progress.

[RLWP]

Thanks Richard for the link, it is excellent reference material for anyone wanting to scratch build one of these transmitters.

Des.

It has certainly helped me. It looks to me like the morse key was probably attached to the observer's leg

Richard

[RLWP]

More progress:



Richard

[ondra]

Your scratchbuilding skills are really admirable and very inspirative, many thanks for sharing the photos of the progress.

Cheers

Ondra

[RLWP]

Your scratchbuilding skills are really admirable and very inspirative, many thanks for sharing the photos of the progress.

Cheers

Ondra

Thank you. Do you know how long those tailplanes took? A little less than an hour. They have a 0.020" core roughly sanded to have thin edges. The outer is 0.010" card, scribed for the ribs. In addition, there is a 0.030" piece of pivot steel for the  - er - pivots

It really does need no more than basic modelling skills to make them

Richard

[RLWP]

Hello Richard, what a joy to follow your scratch build! It looks very nice! It is going to be a fantastic parasol.
When it comes to struts I stick to my albion alloy's 'the strutter' tool, that helps you, using a vice, to squeeze brassrod into strut shape. I insert steel wire in it and - voila, you even can solder it...
Best regards
Borsos

Well, Borsos, you have provided me with a new way of making struts, and it has made making this model so much easier. I thought I was going to be messing about with bits of shaped sprue wobbling about and falling apart. Instead, squished tube is simple, strong and very easy for me to work with. I cannot thank you enough

My aeroplane has a wing!





Richard

[ALBATROS1234]

hell yeah ,this looks great so far. keep up the good work

[ondra]

Your scratchbuilding skills are really admirable and very inspirative, many thanks for sharing the photos of the progress.

Cheers

Ondra

Thank you. Do you know how long those tailplanes took? A little less than an hour. They have a 0.020" core roughly sanded to have thin edges. The outer is 0.010" card, scribed for the ribs. In addition, there is a 0.030" piece of pivot steel for the  - er - pivots

It really does need no more than basic modelling skills to make them

Richard

Thanks for the description! I am a bit into scratchbuilding too, so every inspiration is very welcome, especially with step by step documentation as in case of your build!

Great job.

Ondra