Parts & Pieces Part 3

[Brian da Basher]

Here's the next one on deck for this GB. The fuselage & engine are from a 1/72 Tony that Frank3k sent in the Big Box O' Parts and the wings are from a 1/72 KOR-1. You can also see some of those nice vacformed spats Mr Fontaine made for me a while back.



I'm hoping to get started on this one later today.

Brian da Basher

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Glad to see my vacu-form spats are finally getting put to use :)

[Brian da Basher]

Thanks again for those spats, Mr Fontaine. Earlier today, I put the fuse together and glued the nose and bottom wings on and put the spats together. Tomorrow I hope to have her up on her new landing gear and post some more pics.

Brian da Basher

[apophenia]

Very intriguing combo  :). Were this anyone else's build, I'd anticipate something like the Avia B-534. But this is BdB so all predictions are foolhardy 

[Brian da Basher]

Here she is up on her spatted landing gear. The prop and horiz. stabs. aren't glued on yet.





The gear inside the spats has the Tony kit wheels and struts. I did this because the spats are vacformed and needed some internal support.

Brian da Basher

P.S. I took another look and it turns out the prop actually is glued on. D'oh! This will teach me to play with parts before the stuff is fully dry.

[GTX_Admin]

Looking nice Brian.

[Daryl J.]

A-100%   :)

[taiidantomcat]

I just love how you take these parts and not only make something out of them, but something that looks great as well 

[Brian da Basher]

In November, 1934 during a midnight meeting on the next expansion of Grande Italia, Mussolini, Il Duce, got hungry (planning conquests always made him hungry). Finding the kitchen closed at that late hour, his aide ordered food delivered from the only all-night restaurant in Rome, Greg Foo-Yung's House of Chop Suey. Never having tried Chop Suey before, Il Duce was immediately hooked. Soon he was eating it morning, noon and night and proclaiming the wonders of Chop Suey:



Eventually, Il Duce issued a decree making Chop Suey the national food of Italy:



There was even a famous conference with Hitler in 1935 where Chop Suey was served:



Unfortunately, der Führer preferred creme-filled pastries.

Finally, Il Duce changed the markings of the Regia Aeronautica:



This was all too much for Colonello Dominic Domino, commander of the 20th Sqn. based just outside of Rome. In a fit of pique on the evening of March 11, 1936, "Dom" Domino had the fascist "chop suey" markings on his Ansaldo A-10 Antonio over-painted in more traditional Italian colors and took off to set things right.





Continued...

Brian da Basher

[GTX_Admin]

...oh and the model isn't bad either.

[Brian da Basher]

Colonello "Dom" Domino flew straight for il Palazzo per le Persone Più Importante di Lei (Palace for People More Important than You), official residence of Il Duce. Using the Antonio's upper wing 20 m.m. cannon to great effect, the Colonello completely destroyed the third floor master bedroom and bath. At the time, Il Duce was "seated on the throne" as often happened after a Chop Suey binge and not even his snow peas survived. After this, "Dom" Domino vented the rest of his rage by strafing Greg Foo-Yung's House of Chop Suey on La strada di Generale Tso.







Fearing reprisals by the Black-Shirts, the Colonello flew to Sardinia where he boarded an olive oil tanker headed for America, exclaiming "L'America, una terra libera dall'oppressione di Chop Suey! (America, a land free from Chop Suey oppression!)"

Without Il Duce to lead them, the fascists were tossed out of power, replaced by a small-town mayor and oenophile named Italo Bombolini and his Chianti party, known for their slogan, "In vino veritas" (In wine there is truth).

"Dom" Domino went on to open one of the first pizzerias in the U.S. which later grew into the famous Domino's Pizza chain, that to this day does not have Chop Suey on their menu. As for his Ansaldo A-10 Antonio, it was recovered from the Sardinian field where it had been abandoned and is now on display at the Museo di Aviazione in Rome, across the street from Won Hung Lo's Meatball Buffet.







Brian da Basher

[sotoolslinger]

...oh and the model isn't bad either.

What hee hee hee said

[arkon]

 , love the plane!!

[Frank3k]

The back story is hilarious! The plane is great, too - and a chop suey of plastic parts! It's good to see that old Tony being put to good  use.

[Dr. YoKai]

 That'sa very very silly you. The plane, itsa bellisimo!

[apophenia]

... il Palazzo per le Persone Più Importante di Lei (Palace for People More Important than You)...

  Worth the price of admission by itself! Hilarious backstory and a brilliant combo/build BdB!

[BTW, is that a Polikarpov spinner Brian?]

[Doom!]

Thanks now I'm Hungry!    Your builds are a lot like Chop suey, They are always satisfying but it doesn't take long and I'm ready for you to do another!

[Brian da Basher]

[BTW, is that a Polikarpov spinner Brian?]

Ack! You found me out! Great eye there, apophenia!

Glad you guys liked this one. I had a blast with it. And all this just to get around using W.W. II Italian fascist markings. You see, my grandfather was anti-fascist and Mussolini built a road through his house. They're subtle like that in the old country.

Brian da Basher

[sequoiaranger]

...is REALLY, REALLY good, Brian!

I had wanted (and may still) to make a "Tony" (Kawasaki Ki-61) in Italian markings, but this one one-ups even MY fertile/rotten imagination!

[tc2324]

Now thats funny...... 

Great work mate. Is your next project going to show Hitler`s love of a curry....?? 

[Empty Handed]

Not sure if I like the story or the model better!  :)

[sequoiaranger]

There was an experimental, inline-engined CR-42 Falco, apparently holding the record for the FASTEST biplane (518 km/hr). Pic:

http://www.greatmodels.com/~smartcart/cgi/display.cgi?item_num=AFC72003

But I like yours better---looks larger, stronger, and...BETTER!