My Pensuti Triplane

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I completed this Pensuti Triplane back in 1994 (or 1993?)
It is in 1/32 and it is completely scratchbuilt in Plastic Card, except for the wheels and the cylinders, which are courtesy of the Hobbycraft Camel.

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another view

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and another:

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still another:

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from the nose...

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just  two other views:

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the last one - this model is quite old now, and I am surprised that it stood rather well against the time...

[uncletony]

That's really cool.  . I know nothing about this airplane...

[Des]

Very nicely done, quite an unusual looking aeroplane with a massively wide undercarriage, you did a great job with the scratch build.

Des.

[Dave Brewer]

Thanks for posting these pictures Ermeio,great build of an interesting aeroplane;I had never seen one before either.

[Pgtaylorart]

Very cool model! Did that thing really fly? It looks like something out of a cartoon!

George

[ermeio]

Thanks for your comments, Bo, Des, Dave and George
The Pensuti triplane actually flew, it flew quite well and in multiple versions during and after the Great War.
 https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni-Pensuti
The one that I reproduced here is the 1917 version and it is featured in Jane' s 1918.
Emilio Pensuti was the man in charge of the lflight tests at the Caproni factory - he died  while testing a Caproni triplane in 1918.
This little triplane was a private venture, with an eye to the light aviation after the war- it was a sort of "aerial motorcycle"
After the War it was produced by Breda.

[pietro]

Ermeio, now THAT is awesome! Your scratch building skills are only surpassed by your insanity!! I love it...
Pietro

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Thanks, Pietro
To complete the description, this aircraft was  on the top of my to do pile since I spotted an 1/72 model in a contest in the 70s, but it was not until the 90s that I found a 3 view by the late Carlo Godel in Aero WWI.
That 3 views has some error, but it is sound and the proportions  are right.
Some years later i discovered a booklet containing a monography on this aircraft that had been published in Italy in the 70s.
The profiles in the booklet are suspicious, though.
Further info and some photos are available at http://flyingmachines.ru/Site2/Crafts/Craft25718.htm
Along with some photos.
An 1:1 scale flying model is preserved in a museum in the USA.
I also have a tiny 72 version still unpainted but complete

[lone modeller]

Ermio that is a most interesting model. At first I thought that it was a whif but I have found that it was not. Your scratch building skills are truly excellent - that is one of the most interesting and unusual models that I have seen in a long time. Do show us more of those that you recovered recently from storage.

Stephen.