Toy aeroplane
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1939 - circa 1946
Materials
Metal
Measurements
442 mm (length); 680 mm (width)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665739
Summary
A painted metal toy aeroplane, probably meant to be a catalina flying boat. The fuselage has a boat shaped bottom and there is a float attached to the underside of one wing - the other float is missing. The two engines above the fuselage have holes in them, presumably for the propellers. There are two gun turrets behind the wings. The upper plane is painted in brown and green camouflage with grey, white and black detail on the turret. The base of the fuselage is painted black. Two red, white and blue paper RAF roundels are attached to the wings; two more are missing. A red, white and blue RAF flash is attached to one side of the tail fin; the flash from the other side is missing. The aeroplane is presumably hand-made.