Spanish Civil War...1/48 Morane Saulnier MS.230, Republican Airforce

February 3, 2025 · in Aviation · · 7 · 172

3/2025

Next one finished by my dad. It´s the "Foreign Users" 2022 edition of the 2020 released Dora Wings kit. The Dora Wings kits are somewhere betwen short-run and mainstream. Better to build than real short runs but still tricky. Especially a model like this with a parasol wing, all these struts, often hardly any alignement help and PE parts. regarding my dad´s age, bad eyesight and shaky hands, he did the best he could.

Painted with Mr Paint White Aluminium, used EZ Line for the tailplane tension wires and between the outer wing struts. The windshileds are provided in the kit as clear film.

Build thread here
https://imodeler.com/groups/serving-under-another-flag/forum/topic/spanish-civil-war-1-48-morane-saulnier-ms-230-republican-airforce/?topic_page=1&num=15

The Morane Saulnier MS230 was the main training aircraft of the French Airforce in the 1930s.

Six of them found their way to the Spanish Republican Airforce. Don´t know if they were only used as trainers or for recon too. None of them survived the civil war. One former French aircraft is painted in Spanish livery and displayed in the Museo del Aire in Madrid.

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7 responses

  1. Your dad did a great job on this. I’ve been fighting the urge to buy one of these for a long time. Now I might have to order.

  2. Well done, Spreitzhofer Familie! Another winner!

  3. Absolutely beautiful, Reinhard @grimreaper
    Another gem from your dad's workbench.

  4. A well finished model, that parasol wing would have been a nightmare to set up, well done to your Dad .

  5. I've got a soft spot in my heart for inter-war French airplanes (or is it a soft spot in my head?). Anyway, this one is a real beauty. Congratulations to you and your dad for this wonderful and colorful little build. Thank you for the great photos too.

  6. Beautiful, I like it a lot.

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