Styrofoam model of Concorde engine
Design firm PostlerFerguson built this 1:1 model of a Concorde Olympus engine out of styrofoam, paper, and glue. Their reference was a maintenance manual they snagged on eBay. It's on display in the window of Selfridges & Co department store in London. Model Concorde engine (Creative Review)
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There's a model of a Concorde just up at 73 Picadilly, (near Green Park tube station), in Iran Air's London office window.
Which is a bit weird as their order for two was cancelled during a certain revolution!
I LOVE that you can see in the reflected silhouette none other than a mthrfckng CCTV CAMERA! Life upsets me a bit.
A wonderful project but I can't help but make a snarky comment about it being displayed in post-FOD-mode. (The engines weren't at fault for the problems with the Concorde, but still...)
I've been fascinated by turbine engines my whole life. And I hope to fully understand how turbojets and turbofans work someday before I die. This model is a complete win, IMHO. I'll be haunting ebay to see if/when this shows up.
THINKERER - where do you get that this is post-FOD? I assumed that this was taken from an engineer's "exploded" illustration. You know, various parts taken off so you can see the insides.
Looks like a space habitat module, or a Klingon laser cannon or something. Cool!
This makes me sad because it reminds me that Concorde is no longer flying. We used to be able to cross the Atlantic in under 3 hours. We've taken a step backwards. Great model though.
The RR Olympus also powers the stunning Avro Vulcan bomber - there's one of those flying again these days. (It got rescued and refurbished by a private organisation).
Oh, and I agree with #7. Technology might be generally improving, but there are some amazing things being replaced with much less inspiring ones.
The only real shot I have at supersonic flight these days is paying a lot for a showoff trip in a fighter jet of some description. Not that that isn't tempting - there's a company that will strap you into the second seat of a Mig-31 trainer and work hard to impress you.
I like to build models. I'm especially impressed by (in order of importance):
--scratch-built, rather than kit models
--models of non-typical subjects
--models made using commonly found materials
--models that didn't cost much
This lovely example embodies all those things, so congrats to the builders!
Very inspirational.
I like this. Where can I find some BIG pictures?