Model plane
Category
Models
Date
1938
Materials
wood, metal and plastic
Measurements
35 x 170 x 135 mm
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1655827.47
Summary
A Hawker Hurricane, an assembled and handpainted 'Skybird' model aircraft. Kit number 3A, 1938. Painted silver, discoloured. Stickers wing and underside and side body yellow blue white red. Metal propeller, raised plastic cockpit cover. Number 47 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