Dumas Kit # 317 Lockheed Air Express

[heywooood]

the cowling is done

[Scott]

Beautiful work.

[heywooood]

Thank you, Scott - if you want to see the build videos they are at ‘Heywood planes’ on youtube

[NavyAD1]

I stare at this plane in amazement. This model and the others appearing in the video are all masterfully built. How did you fabricate the engines?
I see they are Williams, but what size and are all the parts Williams? Where are the Williams engines available?

[heywooood]

Thank you for you generous appraisal! The engines are from Williams Bro’s and were bought directly from their website. They were shut down for a while and are likely still out of stock however. You can find them at some online resellers - just search for “Williams Brothers Wasp 1/12 scale kit” or similar.
I build the engines either to the plan or For smaller than 1/12 scale, I omit the mounting flanges and insert the cylinders into the crankcase about 1/8” - as well as other small mods depending on what engine I need it to represent.