Wedell-Williams Model 57 Model Airplane: The Perfect Gift for Just About Anyone

Warplanes brings and introduces you a finely handcrafted Wedell-Williams Model 57 model airplane made of the finest grade materials which underwent stages of meticulous and careful sanding, carving and modeling to its original form. Our highly skilled master craftsmen painstakingly and passionately worked on the Wedell-Williams Model 57 model airplane's details, ensuring exactness and precision based on the original airplane.

The Wedell-Williams Model 57 model airplane's paint scheme and markings are extremely accurate and precise, depicting the true original plane. Like all other airplane models, the Wedell-Williams 57 replica comes complete with fuselage, wings, cockpit and other intricate parts. It also comes with a sturdy, durable base with a chrome steel support mounting rod or you can have our variable pitch wall mount accessory, allowing your Wedell-Williams 57 model plane to be displayed either hanging on the wall or the ceiling for an added effect. This top-quality Wedell-Williams 57 model plane will surely be appreciated by anyone who receives this elegant desktop display as a gift.

Wedell-Williams 57 Thompson Trophy History:

The Wedell-Williams #57 was an aircraft piloted by Roscoe Turner.

The Wedell-Williams, Inc. offers charter services, passenger flights and flying lessons.  It was organized in 1928 by pilot/designer James Wedell and millionaire Harry Williams.  In the 1931 races, Jimmy Wedell won the second place in the Thompson Trophy event.  Turner was impressed by the Wedell racer, and he contracted for a new Wedell-Williams racer.
 
During Roscoe's ten years of racing, he set numerous transcontinental records and in 1993, he won the Shell Speed Dashes and the famous Bendix Trophy.  In 1934, Turner won the Thompson Trophy Race, was second in the Shell Speed Dashes and finished second in the Speed dvision of the MacRobertson International Air Race from London to Melbourne.  Roscoe Turner is a master at getting sponsorship and his Wedell-Williams was raced from 1932 through 1939, except 1936.  Smith propellers, Pratt & Whitney motors, H. T. sparkplugs, Bendix, Twentieth Century Pictures, Heinz 57 and MacMillian Ringfree oil appeared in his planes, just a proof of his numerous corporate sponsorships.