**** DONE: GB-51 1/72 Caproni Campini - No Propellers

[fastmongrel]

User Name: Fastmongrel
Name: Stu
Category: Intermediate
Kit: Valom Models
Scale: 1/72nd
Accessories: OOB but that might change

Caproni Campini N.1 - Wikipedia

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A bit of googling tells me that this kit has a few shape problems. Not sure if I will try and fix them until I have started the kit. I need to dry assemble the wings and fuselage to see if the shape offends the eye.

 

[Wurger]

 

[fastmongrel]

Finished I am particularly proud of the paint job

Seriously though I can't see anything wrong with the shape

 

[Wurger]

I like the pale colour on the wing . However the fuselage bands seem to be too much of yellowish.

Generally I can see notning wrong with the shape too.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Nice!

 

[fastmongrel]

This is the picture I have been looking at to compare the shape I think the original nose shape is a slightly steeper cone then a little more paralell from about 1/3 of the way back to the windscreen. The kit is a smoother curve from the intake back to the windscreen

Not going to let it bother me I dont fancy building a new nose from intake to wing root.

 

[Crimea_River]

This should be a treat. Not often we see this bird.

 

[fastmongrel]

Not often we see this bird.

I like the weird and ugly

 

[Wurger]

The old as well ..

 

[Crimea_River]

I like the weird and ugly

Well then you'll like me.

 

[Airframes]

You'd be a success with the women in my town then !!!!

 

[fastmongrel]

Miss Cheshire 2021

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wurger]

This is the picture I have been looking at to compare the shape I think the original nose shape is a slightly steeper cone then a little more paralell from about 1/3 of the way back to the windscreen. The kit is a smoother curve from the intake back to the windscreen
Not going to let it bother me I dont fancy building a new nose from intake to wing root.

Here a better view at the nose shape ...

the source: Eksperymentalny samolot odrzutowy Caproni Campini N.1

 

[Wayne Little]

Most interesting choice.

 

[SaparotRob]

Miss Cheshire 2021
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But she has a wonderful personality.

 

[fastmongrel]

The kit canopy is a pair of really cruddy vacuum mouldings, they're just blobs. I have gone through the bits box and found two sections of canopy that should fit with a bit of filing.



 

[rochie]

great choice, much bigger machine than i expected too !

 

[fastmongrel]

great choice, much bigger machine than i expected too !

Wingspan....48'
Length.........42' 6"

 

[Wurger]