Model plane
Category
Models
Date
1935
Materials
wood, metal and plastic
Measurements
47 x 235 x 165 mm
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1655827.7
Summary
A Bristol Blenheim I, an assembled and handpainted 'Skybird' model aircraft. Kit number 18B, 1935. Green camouflage pattern, roundels on wings and sides. Quite worn. Cockpit in 2 parts and not secure, engine cowlings are loose, cracks between wings and body. Number 7 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