Aircraft
Category
Models
Date
1935
Materials
wood and metal
Measurements
45 x 137 x 111 mm
Place of origin
Great Britain
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1655827.28
Summary
A Gloster Gauntlet, an assembled and handpainted 'Skybird' model aircraft. Kit number 10A, 1935. All silver besides engine propeller and wheels. RAF roundels on wings and fuselage, 4 also on fuselage. PV4 on tail fin. Number 28 of a large collection of painted 1:70/1:72 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