Model plane
Category
Models
Date
1935
Materials
wood and metal
Measurements
35 x 164 x 112 mm
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1655827.34
Summary
A Dewoitine 500, an assembled and handpainted 'Skybird' model aircraft. Kit number 13A, 1935. Upper surfaces painted dark green, pale green underneath. Black propeller with red boss, red wheels. blue white and red roundels above and below and on fuselage sides. Number 34 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