B is for Believed to Be - More Zang; Horsa Glider

Following on from the naval stuff seen earlier today, and mirroring the aircraft in the first WHW post (we like a bit of symmetry on a thematic-day here at Small Scale World!), I also shot this on Adrian's table - at the recent PW show, and it's lucky I shot it first thing; as it sold quickly!

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.