pastafarian Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Saw this across the street from the Dallas Children's Museum last weekend. It was on a pole over a former gas station (some sort of tree service place now). It is a open double cockpit (the front pit is behind the lamp post in the top pic). Not sure if the red "spinner" originally housed a prop, it looks like gun ports to me. took these in traffic, sorry they aren't better. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I think it's an amalgamation of parts ... :unsure: Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aim9xray Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 The aft fuselage and tailcone look like that of a Piper Aztec (at least to me!). The Aztec is a 5/6 seat general aviation twin-engine design and has a distinctive "kink" in the upper fuselage under the vertical stabilizer. It looks like the center wing/engine section was removed and the outer wing panels attached directly to the fuselage. Well, that's my guess! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
konbini Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Chuck Norris' paper airplane on steriods. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve N Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Looks like the remains of some wood/fiberglass homebuilt. Maybe one that was never finished, and was turned into....whatever the heck it is now. The color alone is hideous..my first vehicle was a 1965 pickup the same color! SN Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pastafarian Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 (edited) Yeah, either cobbled together from parts or some sort of homebuilt. Given the size of the engines on the tail, I can't imagine it getting off the ground. Being on top of that pole is probably the most altitude it's ever had! LOL Wonder if I have enough stuff in the styrene AMARC to build this. :) John Edited July 12, 2011 by pastafarian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shawn M Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 you found my first ever model airplane! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimz66 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I hate to say it but it reminds me of a ME 109..... I know its not but that's what it reminds me of.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Netz Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Maybe it was a Kiddie ride, or it is what it is, a pole advertisement, something to catch the eye. Curt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JasonW Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 (edited) Ooops, double post. Edited July 12, 2011 by JasonW Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JasonW Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 That is a WWII two seat Japanese Iamcraze-4Sur Kamikaze flying bomb. :) They were in development but the prototype crashed and blew up before the program was ready to begin production. (Sorry, I had to...) :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grey Ghost 531 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I don't know what it is, but I found it on Google Maps, corner of Harley and Montgomery in Ft. Worth. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfgun33 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 you found my first ever model airplane! :rofl: That's too funny. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moose135 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Maybe it was a Kiddie ride... That was my first thought as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rex Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 that is the Nakajima Zero that started so much fuss a couple of years ago Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Early flight simulator ? Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sunliner Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Italeri F/A-18F ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Hegedus Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 The Piper Aztec theory might hold some water. It looks to me like someone got hold of an Aztec fuselage, chopped off the cabin roof and cut the fin down (with the rudder gone), did some basic sheet metal work to cover part of the cabin to give the appearance of dual open cockpits and added a "thing" to the front end to represent a spinner. Then they grafted some old wings from something else (some small 2-place single maybe?) and a slab of plywood for a stab on the back end and stuck the lot on a pole as an advertising gimmick. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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