Model plane
Category
Models
Date
1937
Materials
wood, metal and plastic
Measurements
40 x 155 x 130 mm
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1655827.31
Summary
A Supermarine Spitfire, an assembled and handpainted 'Skybird' model aircraft. Kit number 14A, 1937. Painted all over grey, brown propeller blades, red white and blue roundels above and below wing surfaces and fuselage sides. Carries numbers in black on lower wing surfaces K50514 Number 31 of a large collection of one hundred and thirty four 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