Found this box of bits in a local charity shop the other week - model parts for a Hawker Hurricane Fighter and maybe some Stukka bits. Certainly Stukka instructions.
I love buying old toys and models when they're cheap. Even battered ones. This box will form part of a little model sale I'll have on the Bay soon. All part of the 'Father of the Bride' savings fund as my daughter is getting married this summer!
Thats a good find Woodsy! Novo inherited the old Frog model molds after the company folded, so they are a good kit. Green wheel housings are definitely Stuka parts, looks like you've got the Airfix Bloodhound and trailer too,a quite early model
ReplyDeleteTa Bill. Thanks for ID'ing stuff. You know me. I don't know models.
DeleteIt looks like you have a 1:1200 scale King George V class battleship in your bits box.
ReplyDeleteThanks W. I saw the ship but didn't know what it was. Thanks again.
DeleteOh the Airfix Bristol Bloodhound! One of my all time favourite kits. Not only a spacey looking rocket, but a Land Rover AND a 1/72 scale German Shepherd included as I recall!
ReplyDeleteWhat, a dog Lewis?
DeleteNot totally sure, but I think the wings in desert camouflage are from the Frog kit of the WW2 Martin Baltimore medium bomber. The Stuka (only one K) is an American Lindberg kit, not a Frog. The Novo kits were made in the USSR from the old Frog moulds after Frog died, except for all the Axis aircraft, which the Russians refused to accept, these ended up with Revell. The Short Wheel Base Land Rover is also likely from the Airfix Bloodhound missile kit; apart from the missile itself and its transport trailer, the launcher also seems to be present. Yes, the Airfix Bloodhound contained a German Shepherd guard dog, along with several human figures as part of the missile crew. King George V class battleships are easy to identify as the main armament was very odd, two turrets each with four guns, and one smaller turret with just two guns.
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