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A05141 Bristol Bulldog Mk.II

£29.99

1:48 Scale  Item Scale

120  Parts Included

3  Skill Level

3  Scheme Options

Product Info

A gleaming silver steed flown by the most capable and intrepid young men Britain could call upon, 

the Bristol Bulldog was one of the most important British aircraft of the inter-war period, when 

powerful biplane fighters unquestionably ruled the skies. Initially developed as a private venture 

by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, the Bulldog was the brainchild of accomplished aircraft designer 

Frank Barnwell, the man behind the successful Bristol F2B Fighter of the Great War, and was a light, 

all-metal and fabric-covered fighter, powered by a 440hp Bristol Jupiter engine.

The Bulldog was armed with a pair of forward-firing Vickers 0.303" machine guns mounted on 

either side of the cockpit, but ultimately never fired its guns in anger during a relatively short 

seven-year period serving with Fighter Command. Although it was the most capable fighter 

of the day, the Bulldog was more closely associated with challenging formation flying and 

spectacular aerobatics, with the Royal Air Force thrilling huge crowds at airshows and 

pageants around the country, as they demonstrated the effectiveness of a modernising air force. 

What the Bulldog did do was help advance Britain's aviation industry towards the production 

of the sleek, monoplane fighters which would contest the Second World War, as it highlighted 

the fact that biplane designs were fast approaching their zenith. Perhaps the most famous 

incident involving a Bristol Bulldog proved to be a rather unfortunate one, when an accomplished,

 but rather headstrong RAF pilot performed unauthorised low-altitude aerobatics for a group of 

onlookers and a private civilian aerodrome in Berkshire. 

Flying so low that the wingtip of his fighter struck the ground during a manoeuvre, the Bulldog 

cartwheeled across the airfield, inflicting catastrophic injuries on the pilot - that pilot was future 

Second World War RAF ace and inspirational national hero Douglas Bader.