Model plane
Category
Models
Date
1938
Materials
wood and metal
Measurements
40 x 165 x 135 mm
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1655827.16
Summary
A Hawker Hurricane I, an assembled and handpainted 'Skybird' model aircraft. Kit number 3A, 1938. Painted dark green, roundels on wings and sides. Tail wheel missing. Number 16 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