Yes, yes, I know I’m knees-deep in projects right now, including my scratchbuilt R-plane the SSW R.VIII. This doesn’t mean that I can’t look forward to potential future projects. There are two that I’ve been contemplating, and just thought I could get some academic feedback from the community.
First up, continuing with the “R-Plane motif”, the… “interesting” Linke-Hofmann R.I.
(Credit given to www.airwar.ru)
Centrally-mounted biplane (four engines inside), experimental “whale” fuselage for increased performance (also seen on the much smaller DFT T.28 “Floh”, a kit which is coming for me in the mail as we speak), and WWI “stealth” technology- transparent cellon. Problem was, the R.I didn’t fly too well, and the cellon reflected so much sunlight that it actually made the plane MORE visible. Could make for interesting internal detailing, or simply a frustrating exercise in gluing clear plastic.
Second, a plane I’m sure everyone knows, a Caproni Ca.4 series Triplane.
(Thanks, wikipedia.)
Not much interesting backstory. Save that it’s kinda the structural opposite of the R.I- Spindly and spread out as opposed to “solid” and compact. I saw a 1/144 scratchbuild of the Ca.42, and it was quite impressive. A 1/72 example I’m assuming even more so. Only problem could be a definite excess of rigging.
I’m very open to both right now. In fact, I will probably end up building both eventually anyway. I’m just wondering what y’all would like to see, keeping in mind I probably won’t start either for a long time.