拍品 104
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A FROG Penguin plastic factory-built sectioned 43PM Empire Flying Boat De Luxe Model
A FROG Penguin plastic factory-built sectioned 43PM Empire Flying Boat De Luxe Model

细节
A FROG Penguin plastic factory-built sectioned 43PM Empire Flying Boat De Luxe Model
'Calypso', registration G-AEUA, painted in lacquered silver, modelled with starboard wing only and root of port wing, cutaway "disclosing the internal economy" of the aircraft, with painted and printed paper details, with FROG specification sheet showing plans and elevations and reprint describing model from 'Plastics', March 1939, in original box, 1939 --10.5in. (17cm.) long (G, some distortion to plastic, box P)
出版
See FROG Model Aircraft 1932-1976, Lines and Hellström, New Cavendish Books, p.40

拍品专文

Imperial Airways contributed to the cost of tooling for this model. Although the complete aircraft appeared as a self-build kit, the factory-built model can only have been made with one wing, following the specification sheet, as the model fits neatly into the box, with the cutaway edged in red. It is probable that very few of these models have survived.