Here are some images of Special Hobby's 1/32 scale Morane Saulnier Type N Bullet.
From Wikipedia"
The Morane-Saulnier N, also known as the Morane-Saulnier Type N, was a French monoplane fighter aircraft of the First World War. Designed and manufactured by Morane-Saulnier, the Type N entered service in April 1915 with the Aéronautique Militaire designated as the MS.5C.1. It also equipped four squadrons of the Royal Flying Corps, in which it was designated the Bullet, and was operated in limited numbers by the 19th Squadron of the Imperial Russian Air Force.
While the Type N was a graceful-looking aircraft and utilised an
advanced, aerodynamic design, it was not easy to fly due to its stiff
controls (using wing warping instead of ailerons) and high landing speed. The Type N mounted a single unsynchronized forward-firing machine gun (either a .303-in Vickers or 7.9 mm Hotchkiss) which used the deflector wedges, first demonstrated on the Morane-Saulnier Type L, in order to fire through the propeller arc.
A large metal "casserolle" spinner designed to streamline the
aircraft caused the engines to overheat because the spinner deflected
air away from the engine. In 1915, the spinner was removed from the
design and no more overheating problems were found. The removal of the
spinner caused very little loss in performance.
The Type N was not particularly successful. Only 49 aircraft were
built and it was quickly rendered obsolete by the pace of aircraft
development.
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