The Little World

As they say on Radio Yerevan.

The Special Hobby Vautour could have been crook, but I suspect it isn’t. It has gotten to the primer stage without major flaws, while the sub-assemblies like the landing gear have been completed and dry-fitted.

The wonderful thing about this sort of bicycle and outrigger landing gear arrangement is that there was no need whatever for nose weight. The fuselage could be stuck together as soon as everything fit. There was the usual minor fettling but no major drama.

I’m glad that I chose to do the ’56 camo pattern for this build as otherwise all that airframe would look pretty bare in silver or grey. It’s sort of a smooth lump as it is.

Sort has an Ilyushin look to it from the underside, doesn’t it?