Hi Eetu

Thanks, I though you could repost your post from the AZ News November thread to keep the stuff in one building thread (or you start your own) ...

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The fit of the main components is quite good. I have the wing together end the fuselage halves fit in between...

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I've been doing some dryfitting as well. Looks like the basic airframe components fit together pretty well, although there's still the problem with the fusalage fitting to the wing.
When you line up the rear fuselage with the lower wing, you get a gap at both sides:


If you press the wing against the fuselage, the components meet with little or no gap at the sides, but then there's an ugly step between the fuselage and the wing bottom:

I'd shim the side seams with styrene sheet instead of trying to rebuild the contours of the fuselage bottom.

Check this out:

The resin front radiator left over from MPM's mörkö-morane (that in turn being a slightly modified CA 406) fits quite well to the fuselage...
But that's enough teaser pics, the rest comes with the review.

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I have the French MS 406 kit and the Finnish on order. I will use the very old eduard decals for Edmond La Meslée but first some severe sanding of the cockpit sides will be necessary.

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Unbelievable!
They do all kinds of neat upgrades to the kit, but left this one out.
Well, they added riveted guidelines inside the fuselage for positioning the cockpit, but what's the point, with the grinding & sanding operation looming ahead?
They advice to sand the tops of the wheel wells in the instructions, but don't say a word about the cockpit (assuming it's un-altered).
With MPM's Mörkö, I had to grind down both the wheel well tops and the wing ceilings, and both the cockpit walls and the fuselage halves.
Well, we'll see how it goes together.

Thank you Eetu!

I just came across a new book over at HS:
Morane Saulnier MS406 pt.1
ISBN: 80-903637-5-X



cheers

Steffen

Btw, how did you do the sanding. Just sandpaper, a flat surface and circular motions?

That radio deck lenght shouldn't be too hard to fix. A plate with similar pattern shouldn't be to hard to make from styrene sheet. And with the canopy in place, it's not that noticable if the parts don't match perfectly.
Don't forget to add that small rod on top of the rudder.

I do not have any reference for this plane, so I stick to (or I am stuck with) the instructions. When you have some hints regarding inaccuracies or additional detail, could you please post a picture of what you mean?! (belly radiator flap actuator rods ...)

Those instruction are indeed confusing regarding the office. One step shows the floor glued to the middle of the front bulkhead, the others to the lower edge of the sidewalls. And there's that groove cut into the bulkhead, giving the impression that the floor should go there. In the earlier kit, the bulkhead didn't have this groove. Strange.
Oh, I submitted my review yesterday. You think I should ask the staff to revise it to point out this cockpit floor issue?

One more thing, do you want to add the hand-hold and rear view mirror to the canopy? I could send you some more reference if you're going for it.

Unfortunately the c&m I wanted to do was not a MS 406 but a Hawk 75 .. so I have to search for another one .. Jean-Luc (or any other) can you help me out on this?? ... an ace would be preferable (does not need to be a MS 406 ace) .. sadly I have LeGloane on a D.520 (and I really like that Syrian c&m)