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| John Jenkins Designs 1:30 ACE-18 Morane-Saulnier Type N, Escadrile MS 394, 1915 |
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| Scale: 1:30 |
Length: 10" |
Width: 15.75" |
Composition: Resin |
SKU: JJ-ACE-18 |
Limited Quantity Produced!
Historical:
Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier is a French aircraft manufacturing company formed in October 1911 by Raymond Saulnier (1881–1964) and the Morane brothers, Leon (1885–1918) and Robert (1886–1968). The company was taken over and diversified in the 1960s.
April 1915, a German 2 seater plane fell in flames before the guns of French Ace Roland Garros’s monoplane. This was the beginning of a new technique in aerial warfare. It was achieved by firing a machine gun between the blades of a spinning propellor. Although crude it was successful mainly due to small steel plates attached to the propellor blades. The bullets which did not pass between the blades were deflected by the plates without harming the propellor. A new degree of accuracy was made possible by aiming the entire airplane at the target.
The Morane-Saulnier N was one of the few operational monoplanes of WW1. It had an extremely sensitive elevator response and fast landing speed but was considerably more manouverable than its German opponents at the time. The Aileron control was achieved by wing warping.
In addition to the french, 2 British squadrons flew Morane-Saulnier N’s where it was nicknamed the “Bullet” due to th large spinner fitted on the nose
Info: Morane-Saulnier Type N, Escadrile MS 394, 1915
Posted by Tristan Shamp on 6th Dec 2018
I was pleasantly surprised with the Morane-Sauliner Type N aircraft model made by John Jenkins Designs. It was a bit smaller than I expected and really captured the looks of this obscure, but important WWI fighter plane. The simulated fabric covering looks good and it has the distinctive “bullet” spinner. The cockpit is nicely detailed and in a neat feature, the bullet deflection plates are detailed on the propeller. As this is an earlier John Jenkins WWI plane, it has the white “fishing line” type rigging that annoyed many collectors at one time, but it didn’t look as bad as I expected in person. Overall, a neat addition to my growing collection!
