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  1. Morane-Saulnier MS.230 in Foreign Service (DW48037) 1:48 Dora Wings The MS.230 was a parasol-winged monoplane trainer used by the French Armée de l’Air during the 1930s, as well as several foreign operators who recognised its tame handling characteristics as the perfect “learner” for novice flyers. Its stability also endeared it to civilian operators after it fell out of use in military circles, with over 1,000 produced. It was powered by a Salmson 9AB 9-cylinder radial engine from the factory, although a few dozen were produced with alternative engines, some of them more powerful to match the customer’s requirements. After France fell to the Nazi Blitzkrieg steamroller, a few extant airframes were taken on charge to use in their training pool, as the Third Reich seemed incapable of leaving a functional war machine on the sidelines, regardless of how ineffective or difficult to maintain they were. Following WWII the civilian market was its major user, and its stable flight characteristics led to it being a camera ‘plane on occasion. A few airframes are still in existence, with more in museums around the world. The Kit This reboxing of a new tooling from Dora Wings that first hit the shelves in 2020. We missed the first one, so this is the first time we’ve laid eyes on the parts, which arrive in the usual petite top-opening box with a painting on the top that has a glossy over-printing on the subject matter, giving it an air of class. Inside the box are five sprues in grey styrene, although two of them contain just one wing surface each. Inside a separate Ziploc bag is a sheet of Photo-Etch (PE) brass, a small slip of clear acetate pre-printed with windscreen shapes, and the decal sheet. The A5 instructions round out the package, with spot colour throughout and colour profiles at the rear for the decal options. Detail is excellent and there is a lot of fabric draped over ribs depicted on the skin of the aircraft, a full engine, and a detailed reproduction of the parasol wing and its connecting struts. Construction begins with the cockpit, starting with the floor, onto which the rear bulkhead and two pairs of rudder pedals that have PE bases are added. Several ribs and braces are fitted into holes in the floor and the two seats are prepared with PE seatbelts before they are mounted on the short bases that are inserted into the floor earlier. A pair of throttle quadrants and instruments with decal dials and aerodynamic fairings are prepared for later use, then the exhaust collector is built out of four parts, the main wheels are each glued together, and an intake horn is also assembled from two plastic halves with a PE grille added to the front. The cylinder banks of the engine are moulded in a single circular part, which you add rods around the rear, and an inverted horseshoe within the hollow mount, plus the bell-housing at the front. Once finished, a PE and styrene fan of push-rods are slipped over the bell-housing, followed by the individual exhaust pipes that converge on the collector ring from the rear, adding a disc and shaft to the centre when it is in place. The fuselage halves have ribs moulded inside around the cockpit area, so painting that before inserting the cockpit and closing-up the two halves is a wise move, and perhaps leave off the PE grab handles and crew step until after painting is completed, the same could be said for the PE windscreen bases and the sheets of acetate that are glued to them. The two-part rudder can be attached to the fin on pegs, deflected to one side if you wish, and adding the aerodynamic fairing to the front of the fuselage. The wings halves are each full-span, and have ailerons slotted into the trailing edge, and an additional instrument panel with decal in the thick centre-section of the wing where the chord is narrowest. A pair of long actuators glue under the wings, with the forward mounting point entering the wing via a raised pattress moulded into the wing. You might be relieved to hear that there’s no rigging, but there are lots of struts to be fitted to the fuselage in preparation for mounting of the wing, starting with the cabane struts over the cowling at the same time the engine is installed at the front. The elevators are each single thickness and slot into the tail on a pair of pegs, with two actuators for the rudder beneath their location. The instrument packages made earlier are glued to the sides of the cockpit using outlines engraved into the surface, then the large forward struts and an additional support are inserted into holes in the sides of the fuselage along with a platform that also has an engraved location point on the fuselage side. The landing gear affixes under the struts at the same locations, made from a V-shaped axle, a PE interlink, and a thick beam that inserts into a hole in the top of the vee of the wing strut, taking care to align everything properly to the wings. The model is completed by fixing a dome beneath the fuselage, the intake horn under the engine, the two-blade prop, the main wheels and a tail-skid at the rear of the fuselage. Markings There are three marking options included on the decal sheet, with a variety of operators for you to choose from, and you can build one of the following from this kit: Belgian Flying School “Ecole de Pilotage Wevelgem”, April 1932 Spanish Republican Air Force, Cuatro Vientos/Museo del Aire, 2009 RC+QT Luftwaffe Flying School, Schweidnitz, summer 1941 Decals are by DecoGraph, which is a guarantee of good registration, sharpness, and colour density, with a thin matt carrier film cut close to the printed areas. Conclusion Another impressive release from Dora Wings under difficult circumstances. A friend came to visit and his eyes lit up when he saw the box, which might give you an idea, and the price should clinch the deal. Very highly recommended. Review sample courtesy of
  2. This cute little plane was an adaptation of the Camel used as a personal transport that later got civilized and eventually sired the Swallow. KP must be congratulated on the release of yet another civil beauty of interesting lines and good detail. But this will require some work as the Scooter differed from the KP kit (common sprues with the Swallow) in some regards. This conversation was actually started at the Rumormonger section because many of us loved this kit. My thanks to @Patrik who brought the attention to the fact that the kit needs some tweaks to properly represent a Scooter. I was about to immerse myself in the build blindly, so happy and grateful I was warned beforehand. Other websites and modelers already mentioned some changes that are needed. I went to my folder on the Scooter and what do you know, they were right. But do not follow me on this mods to the letter, I am comparing with photos and literature and making the changes I think are needed, but that is just my personal take. Comparing the kit with references (by the way, freely and easily accessible on the Net) the differences are frankly quite obvious, even at a first glance. I really like this little kit, and will build it without hesitation, but I am a bit ticked that a new kit would miss the obvious differences when photos are just a click away. The reinforcements of the central ribs have to go, and the rib tape detail is a a bit out of scale. It is unlikely that the instrument had the cut-outs for the guns.The wing needs a shorter span (the area for the wing is given as smaller than the Swallow for the Scooter) and a new trailing edge cut-out, plus a slight change in the angle (seen in planform) of the wing tips. The cowl needs the vent hollowed. More as the build develops. I strongly support KP in their efforts to provided very attractive civil alternatives of such interesting planes. Fortunately for them this time the corrections needed are easy, but it would be great if more research was carried out before committing to the production of masters. I am buying another because I deem this an uncomplicated build (my subjective impression, please note), and I can't decide between the two colorful schemes! The parts that belong to the Swallow are marked in the instructions for dismissal: The discarded parts go the spares bin: The cockpit deck that belongs to the Scooter, the location of the aft struts is marked as pips: The cowl vent is hollowed. To me it looks smaller in the later (civil registered) version of the Scooter than on the earlier: The wing cut-out is lined, since it was rounder in the Scooter than in the Swallow: This much needs to be removed, but that's my take, so do not follow and then blame me! The shortened and re-contoured wing and ailerons. Prominent ejector pin marks were removed from one fuselage side (that has some structure depicted), and will have to filled in the other, but ultimately nothing will really be seen: Not much left on the sprue, this is a simple kit and I think it will build well:
  3. The completed Scooter. KP again must be thanked for the release of yet another beautiful civil plane. In this case the box offers the chance to build either a Scooter or its descendant the Swallow. Some parts have been provided to cater for each of them, but the wing and a couple more things need a little work to obtain a more accurate Scooter. These mods are well within the skills of an average modeler. It is indeed a colorful, jumpy little fella, much more gracious than its parent the Sopwith Camel. I went for a simple build -only correcting what I mentioned during the building post- but this can be the canvas for a lot of fun, if you decide to go that way. If you are interested and/or already have the kit, I recommend you visit the step-by-step building article to avoid a few pitfalls: Other than that, I am so very happy with this quick and rewarding build of a peppy mount that, besides being the personal plane of Harry Hawker, participated with some success in a number of aviation events later on.
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