Model plane
Category
Models
Date
1937
Materials
wood and metal
Measurements
45 x 123 x 179 mm
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1655827.5
Summary
A RE8, an assembled and handpainted 'Skybird' model aircraft. Kit number 12A, 1937. Biplane. All upper surfaces dark green, lower surfaces cream. RAF roundels upper and lower wings and fuselage sides. Left undercarriage wheel missing. Machine gun at back. Number 5 of a large collection of one hundred and thirty four painted wood and early plastic 'Skybird' aircraft models and others, mostly 1930s and 1940s.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2013