Vailly Aviation Hawker Hurricane
The following pictures are of a Vailly Aviation Hawker Hurricane built for a customer in Louisiana. The Hurry was built from a short kit cut by Lazer Lizard and was a “bare-bones” build only. The bottom of the wings and fuse were left open for the customer to install gear and finish. As shown in the pictures, the fuse was constructed on a jig made from some spruce sticks mounted to a heavy section of 2×10. The fuse stayed on the jig up until the time I cut her loose to finish building the bottom side of the wing fillets. If you have any questions or comments concerning the construction of the Vailly Hurricane please feel free to email me.
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- Horiz. stab and elevators
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- Elevator halves
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- Vertical fin and rudder
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- Wing center section
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- Center section progress
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- Sheeting the center section
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- Off the board
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- Left wing panel started
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- Another view of left wing
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- Fitting to the center section
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- Joiner braces fitted
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- Fuselage jigged up
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- Another shot of fuse jigging
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- Headrest area
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- More stringers added
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- Headrest area framed up
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- Checking the fit
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- Rear quarter view
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- Cockpit area
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- More stringers added
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- Wing fillets started
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- Front fuse sheeting started
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- Right side stringers
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- Cockpit area
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- Forward fuse sheeting done
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- Stringers galore
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- Looking forward from tail
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- Shot of front sheeting
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- Rear fuse sheeting
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- Stringer caps added
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- Finished right side
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- Looking back from the nose
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- Through the peephole
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- Left side complete
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- Some sheeting added
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- Sheeting for fin attachment
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- Wing fillet gussets
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- Fillet sheeting in place
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- Bottom of wing fillet
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- Another shot of fillet
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