Author Topic: 1/32 Special Hobby Morane Saulnier Type N  (Read 18966 times)

Offline gbrivio

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Re: 1/32 Special Hobby Morane Saulnier Type N
« Reply #30 on: September 29, 2018, 01:51:45 AM »
Very nice start of your Morane Saulnier, it is a promising build and I'm looking for next steps.
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Re: 1/32 Special Hobby Morane Saulnier Type N
« Reply #31 on: September 29, 2018, 06:33:40 AM »
Thanks everyone, Juan it’s interesting your kit has the same tail skid issue!

Ryan
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Offline Monty

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Re: 1/32 Special Hobby Morane Saulnier Type N
« Reply #32 on: September 29, 2018, 05:26:15 PM »
Great progress, Ryan! That tail skid support pylon looks problematic, I think replacement could be less work! But interesting comment about the plastic too - I've always felt that SH use a slightly different compound... Did your kit come with the MS badges? Mine has nothing and I'm not sure where to get some...
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Offline GazzaS

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Re: 1/32 Special Hobby Morane Saulnier Type N
« Reply #33 on: September 29, 2018, 05:55:28 PM »
Nice work, Ryan!

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Re: 1/32 Special Hobby Morane Saulnier Type N
« Reply #34 on: September 29, 2018, 06:32:07 PM »
Monty,
The skid support was a kwik fix, no big deal.

The MS badge is not included with the kit, I bought some from Tom’s Model Works from here in the USA.

Thanks for comments, you too Gaz.
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Offline lone modeller

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Re: 1/32 Special Hobby Morane Saulnier Type N
« Reply #35 on: September 30, 2018, 04:18:42 AM »
Nice bit of scratch building on the tail skid. As you write, with a coat of paint nobody will notice.

Stephen.

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Re: 1/32 Special Hobby Morane Saulnier Type N
« Reply #36 on: October 01, 2018, 12:05:24 AM »
Yes thanks Stephen, I could get all caught up in making it perfect but I think it will look just fine painted up.

Ryan
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Re: 1/32 Special Hobby Morane Saulnier Type N
« Reply #37 on: October 01, 2018, 09:44:54 AM »
Evening all, it was a very productive weekend.

She has very long legs now!

Morane by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

Hats off to the kit designer as the extremities of the model assemble very well with no jig required to get a nice stance.

Morane by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

It wasn't all roses though I did manage to sand a bit too much off of the center V strut. I built a small riser at the base above to axels to bridge the gap...stupid mistake.

Morane by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

Morane by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

The repair is solid though and the paintwork should disguise.

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Offline Ryan

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Re: 1/32 Special Hobby Morane Saulnier Type N
« Reply #38 on: October 01, 2018, 10:03:17 AM »
The waist located V strut was drilled out and cleaned up. Holes for eventual control lines were drilled into the fuselage. (I meant to note that all you see is glued in these pices except the wheels and tail)

Morane by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

Morane by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

Morane by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

Morane by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

Great fun.

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Offline Ryan

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Re: 1/32 Special Hobby Morane Saulnier Type N
« Reply #39 on: October 01, 2018, 10:13:46 AM »
The tail was also glued on, I added a brass wire for strength the vertical stabilizer should hid this when complete. The is very delicate and I need to be careful moving forward.

Morane by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

Underneath the tail skid assembly was wrapped up.

Morane by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

Cant forget a beauty shot with wings loosely attached.

Morane by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

Thanks,
Ryan
Thanks for looking.
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Offline aliluke

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Re: 1/32 Special Hobby Morane Saulnier Type N
« Reply #40 on: October 01, 2018, 05:27:39 PM »
Love this plane and love what you are doing with it - great building and adaptions. The side profile is a wonderful thing to see - thanks for that photo. Apparently the pilot had to flex the wings to turn and lift - remarkable. Do you know much about how that worked? Must have been very hard to fly...

Anyway just added one to my stash - on special at Special Hobby and very reasonable even with shipping to NZ. So I'll definitely be watching your updates from now on.

Cheers,
Alistair

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Re: 1/32 Special Hobby Morane Saulnier Type N
« Reply #41 on: October 01, 2018, 05:44:16 PM »
Beautiful work on this plane Ryan

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Re: 1/32 Special Hobby Morane Saulnier Type N
« Reply #42 on: October 01, 2018, 10:24:26 PM »
Great! This little Morane is really a beauty. You managed the landing gear struts attachment really well!
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Re: 1/32 Special Hobby Morane Saulnier Type N
« Reply #43 on: October 01, 2018, 11:44:52 PM »
Love this plane and love what you are doing with it - great building and adaptions. The side profile is a wonderful thing to see - thanks for that photo. Apparently the pilot had to flex the wings to turn and lift - remarkable. Do you know much about how that worked? Must have been very hard to fly...

Anyway just added one to my stash - on special at Special Hobby and very reasonable even with shipping to NZ. So I'll definitely be watching your updates from now on.

Cheers,
Alistair

Thanks Alistair, I agree it must have been an experience to fly one of these early wing warpers.

I'd pick up the Tom's Model Works MS photo etch also since the kit does not come with them.

http://www.tomsmodelworks.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=368

Ryan
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Re: 1/32 Special Hobby Morane Saulnier Type N
« Reply #44 on: October 02, 2018, 12:33:12 AM »
Andreas and Andonio64, thanks for the comments.

Here is another beauty shot...I just love unfinished model shots, sorry.

Morane by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

Ryan
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