My first scratchbuilding projects, from 12 years ago.
We could say that the Caproni Stipa was a gigantic flying Venturi tube. Or a flying hollowed barrel. Or a plane built around emptiness. Whatever way you may like to conceptualize it, you must admit that is a very beautiful thing, if you are so inclined.
In a sudden epiphany I realized that was very unlikely that any manufacturer, no matter how mad or desperate, would ever tackle this plane.
So I decided to go for my first scratch project ever, knowing that once I had my model finished, then perhaps some manufacturer will surely produce a kit of the thing, as Mr. Murphy well knows.
There were apparently two configurations of the same plane, differing in the tail surfaces for what I can tell. The first one had the smaller tail and was probably finished -at least in the photo I found- in an overall metal hue, with some small patches here and there. Now this was tempting, since the decoration on the other version is really complicated, although attractive.