Model plane
Category
Models
Date
1937
Materials
wood, metal and plastic
Measurements
50 x 206 x 130 mm
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1655827.45
Summary
A Westland Lysander, an assembled and handpainted 'Skybird' model aircraft. Kit number 24A, 1937. Entire plane painted silver with detail in black. Transparent plastic cockpit. Roundel on wings and side. Black propeller. Number 45 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