January 24, 2024
V. RARE Blackburn Shark - Frog Penguin 1937 original
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VERY RARE ! Blackburn Shark II Frog-Penguin 1938 Cellulose Acetate model ! 70 - year old 1/72 finished model !!! A quite well constructed, VERY rare, early (1938) Frog Penguin celluloid model of the Blackburn Shark II. Charles Wilmot and Joe Mansour registered the company name of FROG in 1932....initially producing Flying models. Around 1935 experiments with a brand new material called cellulose acetate proved successful and from that moment on it was used for most of the small parts on Frog's flying models. It is not to be confused with celluloid or bakelite. The qualities of cellulose acetate opened their eyes to a whole range of new possibilities. The success of another British company, Skybirds, was noted by Frog. Skybirds was known for its range of wooden models in the 1930's and the first to produce a constant range of models in 1:72 scale. Inspired by the question whether these kind of models could be made of cellulose acetate, Wilmot and Mansour set to work. At the end of 1936 this resulted in the production of the first models: Blackburn Shark II (I also have OTHER models from this rare range listed at the moment), Gloster Gladiator prototype and Hawker Fury Mk.1. These were the World's first "Plastic" kits. I have managed to locate copies of the original box of parts & plans for this model ( see photo 4) and 6x4
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