Avro Vulcan B. Mk2 Fly 1:33

[rickstef]

FINALLY Rick

[willygoat]

You've made the trek! Welcome

[shrike]

Just a quick picture to prove that I have been doing something. 15/16 of the main wheels roughed out and the blanks for the nose gear begun.

The yellowish stuff is Taskboard, while the black is a high density, carbon rich matte board that was used in a cabinet shop for making jewelry box inserts. It's MUCH denser, and a mistake to use the two of them together. Oh well live and learn. It'll be fine once they're all inked and I sort them for concentricity.

Next will be the struts and such

[shrike]

Lots of round things. Sixteen main wheels, sixteen brake disc packs, all of them solid laminated cardboard.
Next up are the main landing gear legs. Lots of rolling ahead.

[birder]

lots of work there, looks good!

[dansls1]

Nice start - looks good!

[shrike]

One of the main gear legs mostly together. Still have more struts to go, and a final set of cylinders that will need to be fitted when there is a wheel-well to fit them to.

There is a lot of work with multiple laminations in the base and braces at the top of the strut. It's proving to be rather more sensitive to thicknesses than I had anticipated. No major problems, but everything seems to be coming out a little thicker than called for (in several places so far the sandwich is wrapped around the edge with another piece).

Lucky for me the silver Sharpie is an even better match for this silver than it was on the P-35.

[Rick Thomson]

Note to self:

If you ever build this do it with the gear up...

Nice work, I'm in awe.

[Lex]

Wow... This Vulcan is sort of... big... I wonder if the landing gears can support the aircraft's weight?

[shrike]

The strut is solid rolled paper around a wire core, so it ought to be stiff enough. I am going to build some wire hanging loops into the wings since that will probably be the only practical display method. That means I will probably skip the open crew entry hatch.