Morane-Saulnier Type I in russian service

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July 22, 2019
sawed, cutted, drilled ...
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July 22, 2019
A lot of small brass pipes ...
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July 22, 2019
... soldered together.
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July 22, 2019
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July 22, 2019
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July 22, 2019
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July 22, 2019
tinned
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July 22, 2019
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July 22, 2019
some scratches
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July 22, 2019
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July 23, 2019
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July 23, 2019
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July 28, 2019
New wooden airsrew according to drawings.
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July 28, 2019
The back side.
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July 28, 2019
Added very thin layers of H406
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July 28, 2019
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July 28, 2019
Toned down with clear sepia. Color looks like real here.
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July 28, 2019
Future for decals and cout outs on spinner.
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July 28, 2019
Even with the addional paint layers wooden layers are still visible.
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July 28, 2019
Warping: outside very flat, pitch increases towards inside.
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July 30, 2019
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July 30, 2019
Linen on underside.
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July 30, 2019
White (only thin layer) on top.
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July 30, 2019
Decals area two layer affair, first.
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July 30, 2019
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July 30, 2019
Blue and white are the second layer.
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July 30, 2019
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July 30, 2019
light weathering
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July 30, 2019
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August 7, 2019
Brass color, decals, PE rings and Kristal Klear.
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August 7, 2019
Floor painted with acrylics
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August 7, 2019
Seat with real wood and Eduard Steel belts.
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August 7, 2019
Cockpit completed
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August 7, 2019
Fuselage with alu, linen and wood painting
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August 7, 2019
Cockpit mounted into fuselage.
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August 19, 2020
Some small parts were already prepared but not yet soldered. I started with that.
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August 19, 2020
These will represent the linkage of the elevator and are movable now.
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August 19, 2020
The fuselage is primed and painted: at first with bleached linen followed by white.
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August 19, 2020
In retrospect, it can turn out to be practical to write detailed build reports. So I could now easily look up how I had realized the parts for the Morane-Saulnier type N project.
Again my own cut "PE":
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August 19, 2020
As expected, the middle struts were also too short on this model.
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August 19, 2020
These are all the parts prepared for the landing gear.
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August 19, 2020
Here during the careful fitting process. It was not easy to get the new length right.
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August 19, 2020
After that I could prime and paint the front part of the fuselage black and also painted the parts of the landing gear. Here the landing gear is finally mounted to the fuselage and the spring rubbers are also visible.
On the pictures the axles look dark, so I have them chemical blackened.
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August 19, 2020
An impression how the finished plane will look like.
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August 19, 2020
The next step was to install the engine. But first I had to add the ignition cables, insulator plate and prepare the axle.
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August 19, 2020
The engine is now finally mounted. This is necessary because it does not fit under the hood from the front. You have to insert it diagonally and then insert the axle from behind.
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August 21, 2020
The tail skid of real wood is mounted on a 'rubber cord'.
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August 21, 2020
I made the cabane struts from brass. The struts of Eduard had a waist, which fit for some Type N but here I need continuous ones.
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August 21, 2020
It will be completed with a pulley from the kit, which lies here folded on the cent piece and comes into this recess at the head.
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August 21, 2020
I can show a few things on this picture: The new intake manifolds, the tinned cabane struts and also the widened fuselage cover with the newly built wind shield.
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August 21, 2020
For the wind shield I really needed some tries! Here the plastic attempts are missing.
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August 21, 2020
For the final assembly I had to take care of the fuselage. The cutout for the perforated plates had to be enlarged (drawing in the manual) and for the back support I made a larger upholstery from Miliput, so that the thick plastic of the fuselage parts is not to be seen.
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August 21, 2020
The cockpit cover was painted (aluminium inside and black outside) and mounted. The Gaspatch Vickers got another outlet and during the assembly I unfortunately scratched the paint of the Vickers (Steel/Gunmetal) and had to mask it again and repaint the barrel.
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August 21, 2020
After painting the backrest upholstery in leather color I mounted the cover, put in the cabane struts and my prepared wooden parts for the box could be glued on top.
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August 21, 2020
The drawings and pictures are difficult to interpret, but I suspect that in winter, in addition to the enlarged wind shield, a further screen made of wood and transparent part was installed.
@Daniel: I lost the clear foil during cleaning before mount. Need to made a new one!
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August 21, 2020
And all this from the pilot's point of view:
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August 21, 2020
At the wind shield the opening was certainly closed and so I created a mini window with my Punch&Die set and scissors.
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August 21, 2020
Here it is glued in:
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August 21, 2020
Also the decals are applied! Here the nice side, on the other side I unfortunately broke the decal and I still have to put it on the lacing (I should have sanded it away before painting!).
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August 21, 2020
And finally the status: skis and wings are plugged on and the tail parts are just primed.
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August 21, 2020
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August 24, 2020
After priming, the tail units were shaded, masked and painted with white, bleached linen and linen.
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August 24, 2020
The other side.
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August 24, 2020
The tiny cockades on the tail unit, which were kindly supplied by Erik from a 1/72 set to me, are applied.
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August 24, 2020
For the crafting of small parts I like to drill before cutting out of the etched part residue.
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August 24, 2020
And two parts as result.
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August 24, 2020
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August 24, 2020
On the Vickers gun I added the synchronization, the two small parts left and right with the axle through the cooling jacket. From the Gaspatch program I had luckily chosen the right version, which has a spring in the front. I had studied and built this function at the Flyboys-Nieuport and recognized the parts on the photos.
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August 24, 2020
I got the russian pennant from the old flashback kit as decal, but the original pictures show it as a kind of dragged banner. So I cut very thin strips from black decal leftovers and applied them.
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August 24, 2020
The rudder is mounted and all six control cables are installed at the tail.
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August 24, 2020
The lower tower is mounted and the first rigging cables with turnbuckles are attached.
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August 24, 2020
I rigged the model with fishing line, because it really has to support the wings. Here all wires are pulled in. The comment of my wife: "What a chaos!"
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August 24, 2020
Same on the bottom side.
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August 24, 2020
After all turnbuckles have been glued in the correct position and the threads have been tensioned, it looks quite neat
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August 24, 2020
I also noticed a funny effect on the model! If you lift it with the skis on, the skis are tilted by the center of gravity so that you certainly couldn't land. Therefore the original model has two tensioning ropes with rubber bands which keep them in the right position.
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August 24, 2020
And the view from below.
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August 24, 2020
Now really not that much is missing! Some detail painting and the airscrew ...

Opmerkingen

12 22 July 2019, 14:12

Tim Heimer
A small one? LOL

22 July 2019, 14:37

Stefan Schacht
nice idea, count me in

22 July 2019, 16:08

David Taylor
A eurocopter

22 July 2019, 16:11

Slavo Hazucha
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? 😉

22 July 2019, 16:19

Daniel Klink
DCI Klink supposes a Curtiss Jenny 🙂
Book: Curtiss Jenny (by Colin A. Owers)

Curtiss Jenny (Albatros Productions 133)

22 July 2019, 16:42

Derek Huggett
Morane-Saulnier Type N on skis?

22 July 2019, 16:54

bughunter
Hey my friends, very nice research 👍
David, no heli - to new 😉
Slavo, very good: in russian service,the ski looking the same 👍, but a newer Morane-Saulnier.
Daniel - no Jenny, but a title of a Windsock is a very good match!
Derek, this is a 98% hit! The russian ones has a 110hp Le Rhone and was called "Type I".
I want to build the machine known from the Brian Knight painting on cover of the WD 58: Book: Morane-Saulnier Types N,I,V (by J. M. Bruce)

Morane-Saulnier Types N,I,V (Albatros Productions 58)

22 July 2019, 17:29

Slavo Hazucha
Hehe, nice little guess the celebrity quiz... And very nice work on the object of guessing too - crazy stuff & techniques you do there... 👍 I almost suspect you have a dummy 10cm diameter € cent coin on the table... The work would be still great, but at least believable😉 Is the use of plastic or a "kit" in the classic sense at least planned in this build? 😄

22 July 2019, 18:38

Daniel Klink
Yap Slavo, it is in fact a oversized cent containing chocolate ..
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Back in our youth those were called Schokotaler.

22 July 2019, 19:24

bughunter
Slavo, thank you! You asked for a new Cent picture, so I just made a new one and uploaded it. But I doubt that it is more believable now. 😉 Yes, I will use a Eduard kit 8091 Profipack. The project was already entered together with all the accessories, but as idea. Now I attached the album to that project. The plastic wheels on the axle are replaced by skis at the end. Since I was not sure about how to scratch those skis I decided to do it first, to have the option to do a different marking in case of fail. The rest will be very similar to the type N project: Morane-Saulnier Type N | Project by bughunter (1:48)
There are still problematic tasks: engine is bigger and I need a different cockpit cover.
The decal problem is solved, because other users here was able to help me 👍

22 July 2019, 19:35

Marcel Klemmer
Again a very intersting project🙂

22 July 2019, 20:32

Derek Huggett
As Sherlock Holmes would say 'Elementary, my dear bughunter'! I much admire your work on the early machines - building 'stick-and-string' has always frightened me! I have no doubt this one will end as a real gem again.😉

22 July 2019, 21:49

bughunter
Thank you mates! I uploaded pictures of the finished engine.

23 July 2019, 16:50

Derek Huggett
Like I said....just scarey! 👍

23 July 2019, 17:01

Slavo Hazucha
I fully expect the cylinders and exhaust pipes are fully drilled out, and the valve pulleys positioned correctly according to the firing order of the engine, of course...😉 👍

23 July 2019, 21:15

Tim Heimer
Like I said before, his work never disappoints!

24 July 2019, 00:18

bughunter
Thanks Gentlemen! Slavo, to do a running engine is an idea 🤔

25 July 2019, 13:18

Greg Baker
I saw the pic and went... "Holy...Sh..." and then I saw it was bughunter's work and went... "Meh... not bad..." I think I've been desensitized to the spectacular now...

25 July 2019, 14:09

bughunter
Greg, that is a effect of habituation (the engine), to avoid this I tried something new: the skis😉

25 July 2019, 14:32

Cristian Bordina
Fantastic !!!

25 July 2019, 14:34

bughunter
Thank you Cristian!

25 July 2019, 15:42

Slavo Hazucha
An actually running engine would legitimately be allowed to reach up to 5€-cent coin size...😉

Seriously, the air-cooling ribs and the quality & cleanness of the work is just beyond... 👍

25 July 2019, 19:43

bughunter
The kudos is going to Eugeny from Small Stuff for such incredible kits! Not only the quality of the resin parts is perfect but also the engineering allows to build such gem in a very short time. With the experience of around 10 rotaries of different types (9 kit types are available) I can build and paint it on one afternoon😉

25 July 2019, 20:03

Alec K
I will not miss this, and refuse to be desensitized to bughunters work...

26 July 2019, 03:13

bughunter
Alec, nice to meet you here! Uploaded the pictures of the airsrew, only decals and final clear coat missing.

28 July 2019, 13:26

Alec K
Looking great 👍

28 July 2019, 13:30

Slavo Hazucha
That wood looks like wood!😉

28 July 2019, 15:30

bughunter
Thank you Alec and Slavo! It is a bit crazy to create a wooden screw and paint it brown 🤔 So for my Type N I used the kit provided one, but here I need anyway a different one and I'm used to that wooden ones ...

28 July 2019, 16:54

Alec K
Cockpit looks awesome Frank. I love those instrument dials 👍

11 August 2019, 11:52

Slavo Hazucha
Beautiful instruments & cockpit details - but the title goes to the classy chesterfield seat upholstery😢 👍

11 August 2019, 20:27

Spanjaard
as always, looking fantastic 🙂

11 August 2019, 22:43

bughunter
After a year as shelf queen I decided to continue on this project, after the Triplane has left the bench.

19 August 2020, 15:18

Alec K
Nice!

19 August 2020, 18:35

René "Lord Bilbo" Bartholemy
Are you somehow in a competition against yourself Bughunter? Will you be able to surpass Black Maria?😉

19 August 2020, 19:35

bughunter
Thx! Competition? Yes, I want to (or should?) finish sleeping projects before starting new ones.
Surpass the black Tripe, not sure. Most of the work was done a year ago, but then I had now idea how to create the huge cockpit cover against the Russian winter. I tried some different ways, with brass sheet, with alu, with Evergreen - but I didn't like any of the attempts! The problem is still not solved. But if the rest of the aircraft is finished this will put some pressure on me to find a new way or be happy with a less perfect solution.

19 August 2020, 19:52

Rui S
Your engine is a piece of art 👍
Great detail work alround.

19 August 2020, 22:31

bughunter
Thank you Rui! If all is going ok I can start the rigging soon😉

20 August 2020, 17:58

Daniel Klink
Ah Intermission ended..
Very nice progress with the engine Frank.. Looking superb as usual...

20 August 2020, 18:57

bughunter
Thank you Daniel! Had a déjà vu, see pic55!
Yeah, some important steps done (the one, which forces it to be shelf queen), new pictures added.

21 August 2020, 19:20

bughunter
The rigging is done - not far away to the end!

24 August 2020, 21:00

Erik Leijdens
Fantastic as always bughunter!

24 August 2020, 21:12

Björn Svedberg
I just love looking through your build logs, so inspiring! 👍

25 August 2020, 05:41

Slavo Hazucha
So now you are re-discovering engineering solutions for early aviation Ski´s landing gears - just a natural evolution of your approach to making these kits.. 🙂

The rigging on this one with all the metal inserts is just epic. Your models are completely losing any sense of perceivable scale when photographed as the Maria with all the details & original materials... 👍

25 August 2020, 09:21

René "Lord Bilbo" Bartholemy
Meh... the blue of the tail roundel doesn't even match with the others... Not impressed!

KIDDING!
If there's a "scalemates biplane modelling deity", it should have your name. And I'd worship it!
(And that's especially hard for me, being a hard-boiled atheist...)

25 August 2020, 09:36

bughunter
Thank you mates for your kind comments! Highly appreciated 👍
@Björn good to see you back 🙂
The fishing line has the disadvantage, that not all lines are always under tension but it is needed here to hold the wings. My usual rubber line do not work if functional rigging is needed. Now all wires are painted with metal paint, looks even better. I hop I can show the final pictures soon.

25 August 2020, 14:50

Bernhard Schrock
72-75: in der Tat, was für ein kontrolliertes Gewussel 🙂 Ergebnis sieht wie immer top aus! Wie spannst du die Kabel, damit einige nicht durchhängen bzw. mehr/weniger Spannung haben als die anderen? Ich vermute symmetrisch links und rechts? Von innen nach außen oder anders herum?

25 August 2020, 15:38

Gary Dahlström
Oh god, it took me a few seconds to notice the turnbuckles. Just magnificent.

25 August 2020, 15:55

bughunter
@Bernhard, eher frei Schnauze😉 Teilweise gehen die Seile einmal komplett rum, da braucht man dann links und rechts nicht extra spannen. Man muß nur immer dran denken, nur eine Seite zu verkleben und am anderen Ende vorher zu spannen. Ich habe es geschafft, an einem Seil beide Enden zu verkleben, ohne zu spannen. Da durfte dann das ganze Seil nochmal neu, grrr! Als alles fertig war, habe ich die Durchführungen durch die Fläche erst verklebt, damit die besser gesichert sind.
@Gary, most of the turnbuckles are Gaspatch Type C.

25 August 2020, 16:47

Bernhard Schrock
Schlau. Und logisch. Hab's bisher nur im „Kleinen" am Leitwerk wie z.B. Mr. Mulligan oder Bellanca gemacht und nicht so global (Tragfläche) gedacht🙂. Beim nächsten Projekt probiere ich deine Idee aus.

25 August 2020, 19:01

bughunter
Again a project finished - thanks for watching 👍
Don't miss the final pictures here:
Morane-Saulnier Type I | Album by bughunter (1:48)

25 August 2020, 20:45

Spanjaard
thanks for such a nice build, once more 🙂

25 August 2020, 22:18

Greg Baker
Geez... even Bugsy's "shelf of doom" inmates achieve greatness...

26 August 2020, 13:40

Greg Baker
Geez... even Bugsy's "shelf of doom" inmates achieve greatness...

26 August 2020, 13:41

Greg Baker
Geez... even Bugsy's "shelf of doom" inmates achieve greatness... Unbelievable as always.

26 August 2020, 13:41