Guillows 1/32 scale DC-3 in Western Airlines Native American livery
For this build I had in mind the old promotional airliner models you would see at travel agencies and airport ticket counters, back in the days of physical tickets (1960's and '70's) where you would see large scale airliners of that era decked out in the various liveries and displayed on large stands or hanging above the sales counter. DC-4's DC-6's, Connies, Convair 240's, and eventually the DC-8, and Boeing 707's and more. Here is the Guillow DC-3 built as a promotional display model. Infilled and with 3D printed radials from Resin2Detail - decals from Callies Graphics
you can follow the complete build series of videos here at YouTube on the 'Heywood Planes' channel
Very cool project, Kevin (@heywooood). I remember building Guillows when I was a teenager, but they never came out looking this good. Well done.
Thanks, George - I've been at this type of balsa modelmaking for a few years now. I used to think that building them as prescribed (stick and tissue) was the only way to do it. Then I wandered into the 'Virtual Aerodrome' forum and saw that there was another way to build them. All new subject matter from the plastic kits and in much larger scales. Since then I try to have one on the bench or on deck at all times.
This was a fun project, especially getting the lighting installed and upgrading the main LG. Some new hurdles for me.
Great looking DC-3 Kevin !
Same response as George...That looks really nice, Kevin
Thanks, Jay and Gary - I appreciate your encouragement. As the Paul K Guillow company is about to celebrate their 100th anniversary, established in 1926 as they were, I wanted to take one of their Build and Show kits - or the 800 series - and show that with just a few augmentations IE: 3D printed engines, reworked LG, and using the infill method, a very nice static scale model can be built. I'd like to do a few more before the end of next year - the B-25 and maybe the Catalina - with the same augmentations.
What more to add, this looks really cool, Kevin @heywooood
Some great craftsmanship skills are required to be able to make it look as nice as this.
Well done.
Superb job, Kevin! Kudos to your craftsmanship skills!
Thank you John and Spiros for your encouragement - and also to Spiros for subscribing to the Heywood Planes channel on YT. Very much appreciated!