Since this is the chat lounge, I assume anything can be discussed.
The pictures in this thread are of a model plane that I've had for almost my entire life. The story, as I recall it from my childhood, was that my father was given this by a co-worker when they were working for De Havilands in London during WWll. It was supposedly made from parts of the first of that particular aircraft type to have gone down during the war. I've always assumed that it is a model of the crashed aircraft but, while very probable, that isn't necessarily the case. This is one of the few family artifacts that came across the pond with us. The prop is missing but I recall it as being a simple cone without an actual prop. The screws holding the three components together sheared years ago and I have only recently succeeded in re-assembling it. Nothing else has been touched. I believe that the decals are original but cannot be completely certain. I'd like to know what plane it is. Do we have any aircraft experts on here that can shed any light on it for me?.
The pictures in this thread are of a model plane that I've had for almost my entire life. The story, as I recall it from my childhood, was that my father was given this by a co-worker when they were working for De Havilands in London during WWll. It was supposedly made from parts of the first of that particular aircraft type to have gone down during the war. I've always assumed that it is a model of the crashed aircraft but, while very probable, that isn't necessarily the case. This is one of the few family artifacts that came across the pond with us. The prop is missing but I recall it as being a simple cone without an actual prop. The screws holding the three components together sheared years ago and I have only recently succeeded in re-assembling it. Nothing else has been touched. I believe that the decals are original but cannot be completely certain. I'd like to know what plane it is. Do we have any aircraft experts on here that can shed any light on it for me?.
