Description
This is a full-color 1:144 3D print of the Morane-Saulnier Type L of Sous-lieutenant Roland Garros of Escadrille MS 26. Garros’ plane was the first tractor plane with a fixed machine gun firing through the arc of the propeller, which gave it great aiming advantages over more ad-hoc aiming solutions before it. It accomplished this not with a synchronizing mechanism but by fitting deflector plates to to the propeller to shunt aside any stray Hotchkiss bullets. Garros used it to destroy three German planes in 1-18 April 1915, but his plane was brought down by ground fire on the 18th and he was captured. Garros’ Morane-Saulnier was an early model with no wing cutout, wide roundel centers, and uncolored rudder.
No painting is necessary — this model comes printed in full color, ready to use. The model does not come with a flight stand, maneuver deck, or plane card. You can find an unofficial plane card for this plane in this paint scheme in the gallery on this page.
Plane statistics and gaming information may be found at https://linen.miraheze.org/wiki/Morane-Saulnier_Type_L.
