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Description: | Scale: 1:8. A full hull model of the racing hydroplane Miss Betty 1924 made entirely in wood with metal fittings and partly painted in realistic colours. The hull is painted a simulated copper finish below the waterline with a narrow white stripe above and pale blue above the waterline. The bottom edges of the hydroplanes have narrow white stripes and are unpainted below, Fittings include a steering wheel, rudder, four-bladed propeller and a triangular club racing pennant flying from the flagstaff on the stern. The model is mounted on three slender metal supports and displayed on a rectangular wooden baseboard that forms the floor of a glazed display case. The hull is complete with its racing insignia. On port hull ?ZK2?. On starboard hull ?Z2?. On plaque attached to baseboard ?Miss Betty Z. 2.(INTERNATIONAL 1 1/2 LITRE CLASS HYDROPLANE) DESIGNED BY C.V. MACKROW M.I.N.A BUILT BY CAMPER & NICHOLSONS LTD, GOSPORT, ENGINE, ASTON-MARTIN WON FIRST RACE FOR HRH DUKE OF YORKS INTERNATIONAL GOLD TROPHY AT TORQUAY 1924 HOLDERS OF THE 1 1/2 LITRE CLASS WORLDS RECORD AND MANY NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TROPHIES THE MODEL WAS PRESENTED TO C.V. MACKROW BY THE BUILDERS.?.
CA: BAB.
caption: Miss Betty powerboat - port broadside
caption: Miss Betty powerboat
caption: 'Miss Betty', port broadside
caption: 'Miss Betty', port � bow
caption: 'Miss Betty', port stern quarter waterline | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Dover Museum Greenwich C V Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum Camper & Nicholsons Ltd Mackrow Langrishe Mr blocks Miss Betty 1924 models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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