RB211 Model Engine CANVAS Nicholson and was launched on

Nicholson and was launched on the 10th April 1906

Dimensions: 20

circa 1900

5 cm/36 inches (length) x 51 cm/20 inches (depth) x 30

by renowned model makers Space Models

RB211 Model Engine CANVAS Nicholson and was launched onThis model is an early 1970's Rolls Royce RB211 'High By Pass Ratio' jet engine machined and finished in brass and elegantly mounted on a bracket on a black display plinth with a blank presentation plaque. Developed at Derby, the initial costs of this engine drove the entire company into insolvency in February 1971. Rolls Royce was rescued by unusually speedy action from the government at that time; but the RB211 programme had to stand on its own