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
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