Model plane
Category
Models
Date
1937
Materials
wood, plastic and metal
Measurements
40 x 155 x 130 mm
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1655827.15
Summary
A Supermarine Spitfire 1, an assembled and handpainted 'Skybird' model aircraft. Kit number 14A, 1937. Painted dark brown and dark green camouflage on upper surfaces, pale blue below. Red and blue roundels on upper wing surfaces, red white and blue below, red white blue and yellow on fuselage. Black propeller with red center . Red wheels. wheel covers bent, tail wheel leg bent Number 15 of a large collection of painted wood and early plastic 'Skybird' aircraft models and others, mostly 1930s to 1940s.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2013