Thought to be another of the Zang (for Timpo?)* composition pieces, we've seen the Mosquito here before here and I think
I've mentioned seeing a similar early Whittle/Gloucester single-seat jet
(marked Timpo) so there must have
been a set/range of them?
* There's something between an outside and
equal chance it could have been made by Ridingberry
(Rob Toys), V (Empire Forces) or Brent (Elastolene), but Zang looks the more likely. It also resembles some gliders in the old Airborne Forces Museum in Aldershot, but they may have been Zang too!
The tail is damaged, so I used the
rudimentary 'retouch' tool in Picasa . . .
. . . to give you a better idea of the
overall appearance of it!
The three now known are mid-/late-war
designs, and the finish is better than either the figures or the Naval subject
in the previous post, and - obviously - this example is wearing D-Day
recognition stripes, so these probably are post-war production, or
certainly later than some of the other stuff (which I've previously theorised
as being wartime production), and after they 'got the hang' of producing
playable toys in such a difficult material?
The zoo animals in Timpo boxes tend to better finish than the military figures, the
mechanics/civilians (sold with Timpo
slush-cast/hollow-cast sets) are also quite consistent and better finished; all
are known post-war production.
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