Make two plywood circles how ever big you want the center of the eng, crankcase to be. Glue balsa sheeting around them
about two inch wide.
Cut several balsa circles in the shape of your eng's head fins and cut several more just a little smaller. Stack
these on top of one another till you get the highth of your engines head and this will be your cylinder.
Make four more and you will have the start of your wooden 5 cylinder engine.
Glue the wooden cylinders around the drum you made after cutting out a slot for the engine.
Just make up some valve covers out of 3/4" square balsa block and use some 1/8" sticks for the pushrods.
This makes a nice dummy engine.
There is a picture in the Photo Album 1