Fokker F28 1000 1:100 FULL METAL MODEL BY M. VERKUYL

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FULL METAL AIRCRAFT MODEL OF A Fokker F28 Fellowship Model 1000 in the orginal '70s factory colors > without stand! Manufactured by the famous Model Manufacture Matthys M. Verkuyl (Badhoevedorp, the Netherlands) 1:100 > LENGTH 11 INCH - 27 CM / WIDTH 9.5 INCH - 24,5 CM. Mint condition besides a few small missing paint spots which can be restored by a paint touch up (see the photo's). PLEASE SEND ME AN E-MAIL IF YOU NEED MORE PHOTO'S OR DETAILS! We accept Paypal (in $ / Euro's > I will send you a bill) and Dutch Giro / Bank! Thank you for your business! DUTCH BIDDERS NEED TO PAY PER BANK (IBAN / BIC) Dear buyers, the coming weeks I will sell one more Verkuyl model, a famous F-105 Thud / Thunderchief ( 1:50), Furthermore I have 2 very rare early Fokker models; - a F27 blunt nose (+/- 1958 > Raise up) - F28 (1968 > Verkuyl) which will be sold to true collector for a fare price! Let me know if you are interested! COMBINED SHIPPING AT MY STANDARD TNT COST! Promotional contractor aircraft scale models - Maarten Matthys Verkuyl - Badhoevedorp, The Netherlands Verkuyl's Badhoevedorp years: background and history (1945-1978) Two professional military and commercial airline scale-model constructors were operating in The Netherlands in the 1960s. The most well known company was that of Maarten Matthijs (Thijs) Verkuyl, who produced models in his workshop on the Meidoornweg 35 in Badhoevedorp. Mr. M.M. Verkuyl was born in 1920 and was an active model designer/constructor from the 1940s until the early 1990s, when the company he was working for (IMC) experienced financial difficulties and had to shut down business in 1992.The following description of the early years of Matthijs Verkuyl is largely based on Aarts, an article in Dutch that appeared in Avia 14(6).The father of Matthijs Verkuyl had a milk delivery business, with the Schiphol Airport being one of his major clients. Hence, Matthijs became already familiar with the the airport as a small boy aged 3.5. When he became older he was allowed access to all hangars and knew many of the VIPs at Schiphol in the 1920s and 1930s, including the pilots Mr. Versteegh, Mr. J.J.E. Duimelaar, Fokker's main test pilot, Mr. Emil Meinecke and the director of Fokker, Mr. Anthony Fokker. He was always present when the Fokker Aircraft factory handed over a new type of aircraft to the KLM or the Department of Aviation. He was fascinated by airplanes and would have preferred to become a pilot, but his father did not allow it. As a hobby, he started carving wooden models of aircraft that he saw at the Fokker Factory and at Schiphol Airport. At the start of World War II he joined Fokker's company school and Mr. F.W. Seekatz, who was the director-general of Fokker at that time, became so impressed by his models that he was encouraged and trained to become a professional model maker. His model craftmanship and relation to Fokker allowed him to stay in the Netherlands during the war.Matthijs Verkuyl working on a Fokker F-27 Schreiner Airways model in his workshop in early 1965 (source: Aarts). Schreiner Airways was a Dutch charter, passenger and cargo airline established in 1945 and taken by CHC Helicopter Corp. in 2006. After the war, model production became more professional and with some assistance of Fokker, Matthijs Verkuyl could start his own company behind his house on the Meidoornweg in Badhoevedorp. His starting capital was only 30 guilders. His early models were all made of zinc sheet-metal, which was shaped into exact scale-replicas of the original aircraft thanks to Thijs' craftmanship. These models included the Fokker C-5 and D-21 aircraft (see below).Four examples of zinc sheet-metal models produced by Matthijs Verkuyl in the 1930s - 1940s: from left to right a Fokker E-1, a Fokker C-5, A Fokker D-21 and a Sopwith Camel (source: Aarts (1965) The Dutch Air Force became aware of his skills and he received an order for aircraft identification models. His ... read more

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