fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Form 12 years ago, my third attempt at scratchbuilding (about 135 scratched models by now), for the Pioneer thread. The Pensuti-Caproni was a very small triplane, an Italian winged Vespa scooter if you will, with a wingspan of a mere 4 meters (a bit more than 13 feet). The sole association with the name Caproni should give you a clue that you are about to deal with something here. There were apparently two configurations of the same plane, the first one represented here with a three cylinder "Y" Anzani engine and a revised version with a different tail and a more powerful 6 cylinder engine. Not much is around in terms of information or images, but enough to produce a fair model. I found certain discrepancies (really? can't believe it!) between plans and photos. This little piece of three-layer flying lasagna is made out of more than 70 individual pieces, if you count the lengths of stretched sprue of plastic for rigging, the count runs higher. The building process was an enjoyable one, in spite of the small size of both, the parts and my patience. Isn't it a nice tiny piece from the past? (Please, don't sneeze!) Size comparison with a much later design, a Beech Staggerwing: 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorby Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Fabulous! It looks like a cartoon aircraft. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 33 minutes ago, Gorby said: It looks like a cartoon aircraft. It certainly does! 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 That is a jewel! J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Cute! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovely Pig Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Just WOW. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheonix Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 The ribbing on the wings is super - very difficult to achieve in this scale. Simply another of your gems - you must have enough to make up quite a collection which I for one would envy. P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUB-SAM Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Wow, another one of my favourites. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) That's too cute for words. It could be an early Egg Plane design. It does make you wonder about the herbal substances that were available to the designers of the era!!! They all seem to have been on it. Edited September 11, 2018 by cngaero 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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