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Airfix A05141 Bristol Bulldog Mk.II Classic Kit Military Aircraft

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Price:
AU $63.00
+ $6.50 postage
Estimated delivery Wed, 23 Oct - Tue, 29 Oct
Returns:
30-day returns. Buyer pays for return postage.
Condition:
New
A gleaming silver steed flown by the most capable and intrepid young men Britain could call upon, the Bristol Bulldog was one of the most important British aircraft of the inter-war period, when powerful biplane fighters unquestionably ruled the skies. Initially developed as a private venture by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, the Bulldog was the brainchild of accomplished aircraft designer Frank Barnwell, the man behind the successful Bristol F2B Fighter of the Great War, and was a light, all-metal and fabric-covered fighter, powered by a 440hp Bristol Jupiter engine. The Bulldog was armed with a pair of forward-firing Vickers 0.303" machine guns mounted on either side of the cockpit, but ultimately never fired its guns in anger during a relatively short seven-year period serving with F.