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.
Fortunately this time just one decal has to be sourced: the
Italian tricolore on both sides of the rudder. I found a donor decal sheet and
cut it to shape.
Rigging was done with stretched sprue, instead of my usual
method of monofilament. Both looked a bit out of scale, but in this particular
case, given the minute size of the model, I found the sprue easier to deal with
than the fishing line.
This little piece of three-layer flying lasagna is made out
of more than 70 individual pieces. If you count the sections 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!)
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