Wednesday 29 July 2015

The adventure continues!

Hi, just a quick one today,

The pilot and co-pilot's ejection seats are being worked on again, the various straps added (but not completed) and the arm rests have been added to the sides of each seat, also note the small oxygen bottle added to each seat. In the next update I aim to have added the remainder of the straps and buckles and to have finally done the upper surfaces of the seat with the ejection handles.

Thanks,
 Sam



Tuesday 28 July 2015

Rear Crew Seats

Good afternoon,

Work commenced on the rear crew seats today, the basic shell was first created, with sections of panelling added later-along with the ribbing at the back and the headrest (note:the valve which is modelled at the back of the headrest).




Plan: add the back cushion and the padding to the seats-as well as the emergency "egress cylinder" which was used to push the occupant out of the seat and onto his feet in the event of the aircraft experiencing significant "G" loading.

Thanks for having a look,

Sam

Sunday 26 July 2015

Update #1

Update #1:

The basic "frame" of the pilot's ejection seats has been built, the only other things that need to be added is the top ejection handle and the head cushion. Then it is all of the straps and buckles, etc to add.
Thanks for having a look,

Sam

Blog started, huzzah!

Morning all,

In this blog I hope to keep a record of making a 1:48 Avro Vulcan out of card. While it may seem a bit of an arduous task, I am more than willing to have a go!

So, what is the Avro Vulcan?
The Avro Vulcan was Britain's answer in regards to a jet powered nuclear bomber which could strike at the heart of the Soivet Union, it was created by Avro (A.V.Roe) in the 1950's, making its first flight in August 1952-only 11 years after the Lancaster's first flight!

Why are you making it?
At the time of writing, Vulcan XH558 of the Vulcan To The Sky Trust is still flying and sadly into her final display season, having seen her only twice (both being this year) it is rather sad that she will have to be grounded for ever-thankfully the promise of fast taxi runs every so often does lighten the blow. I am making this not only to commemorate the final flight of XH558, but to get a detailed understanding of the technical aspects of the Vulcan and its weaponry.

That's all good but won't it take forever to get all the details modelled perfectly?
It might. There is not really a timespan to this project, however evidently because it is a scaled down version of the vulcan, every single detail can not be captured perfectly-indeed, quite a bit of detail may have to be missed out and/or their dimensions estimated because there is no scaled cutaway/cross-sectional drawing of areas such as the cockpit.

The Plan: (yes there really is one!)

The following is a brief and rough outline of the main steps involved with this project:
1. Bomb bay
2. Cockpit
3. Main fuselage section
4.Nose
5.Tail
6.Wings (the hardest job by far!)
7.Landing gear
8.Control surfaces
9.Details!!!

Planned Features:
-"Functional" landing gear
-Cutaway panels (to show areas such as the cockpit and engine
-"Moving" control surfaces
-Wings able to be removed for any kind of moving/maintenance
-Functional bomb bay doors
-Detailled ribbing/fuel tanks/engine nozzles,etc

That is all for now, update to follow shortly.

Sam