{"id":3600,"date":"2013-03-22T06:02:38","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T14:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=3600"},"modified":"2013-03-22T06:02:38","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T14:02:38","slug":"wedell-williams-121-gilmore-air-racer-132-scale-kit-32521-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=3600","title":{"rendered":"Wedell Williams 121 Gilmore Air Racer 1:32 Scale Kit #32521 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twttr_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=3600&text=Wedell Williams 121 Gilmore Air Racer 1:32 Scale Kit #32521 Review\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here if you like this article.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/twitter-plugin\/images\/twitt.gif\" alt=\"Twitt\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">RoR Step-by-Step Review <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">20130<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">322* <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wedell Williams 121 Gilmore Air Racer 1:32 Scale Kit # 0050-32521-01 Review<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0031L4JK2\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B0031L4JK2&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=rightonreplic-20\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Click here to buy this kit through Amazon.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=rightonreplic-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B0031L4JK2\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/wms.assoc-amazon.com\/20070822\/US\/js\/link-enhancer-common.js?tag=rightonreplic-20\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wms.assoc-amazon.com\/20070822\/US\/img\/noscript.gif?tag=rightonreplic-20\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Fig 000 by dougcole2000, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29474631@N04\/8579161459\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fig 000\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8249\/8579161459_41de3eb469.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Click the <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Buy Now<\/span> <\/strong>link below to purchase the Step-by-Step review by Robert Byrnes <a title=\"Robert Byrnes P47 Thumbnail by dougcole2000, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29474631@N04\/7026773917\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Robert Byrnes P47 Thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7252\/7026773917_cfa4d8c149_t.jpg\" width=\"93\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Wedell Williams Incorporated was organized during 1928 by pilot\/designer James Robert Wedell and millionaire Harry Palmerson Williams.\u00c2\u00a0 The Louisiana firm offered charter services, passenger flights, and flying lessons.\u00c2\u00a0 They also branched into manufacturing, starting with sport types, then they ventured into producing racing aircraft.\u00c2\u00a0 During 1931, Jimmy Wedell achieved a credible second place in the Thompson Trophy event, better only by Lowell Bayles in the Gee Bee \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Z\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.\u00c2\u00a0 Among those impressed by the performance was Roscoe Turner, who contracted for a brand new Wedell Williams Racer.\u00c2\u00a0 Actually, since members of the W-W group were occupied with their own efforts, a major portion of the fabrication was conducted by Don Young, Turners ace mechanic.\u00c2\u00a0 Since formal drawings for previous racers did not exist, most dimensions were obtained by direct measurement of a nearby aircraft.\u00c2\u00a0 The finished machine was test flown by Jimmy Wedell and accepted by Roscoe Turner.\u00c2\u00a0 However, at the insistence of Harry Williams, a second test was performed with ballast added to the seat, simulating the extra weight of Turner.\u00c2\u00a0 During a high speed pass, one wing failed and Wedell just managed to escape by parachute before the aircraft was totally destroyed.\u00c2\u00a0 A second, strengthened aircraft passed all tests and became the famous 121 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Gilmore Red Lion\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>For the Modeler:<\/b> This Williams Brothers Model Products kit is 1:32 scale and consists of ~75 highly detailed plastic pieces molded in grey and one clear canopy piece. 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