A 1/15 scale model of the Italian Macchi M-33 flying boat, circa 1960.

Built by Harold James Towner.

Balsa wood and painted paper, fuselage painted in green, yellow cantilever wings with floats on each side, green, white and red rudder.

Fuselage numbered 7.

ENYA 60 glow plug 0.60 cu engine.

Wingspan: 99 cm.

Length: 85 cm.

Provenance: The Royal Air Force Museum.

The Macchi M.33 was an Italian racing single seater flying boat which competed in the 1925 Schneider Trophy race hosted by the United States at Baltimore, Maryland.

M.33 was powered by a 1923 Curtiss D-12 engine rated at 378 kilowatts (507 horsepower) in a streamlined nacelle mounted on struts above the fuselage and driving a two-bladed tractor propeller, Maximum speed: 350 km/h (220 mph, 190 kn).