RB211 Model Engine CANVAS leather straps to fasten the

leather straps to fasten the aluminium bonnet

5 cm/14¾ inches x 50 cm/19¾ inches

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

The top of the chest features drop-down leaves

RB211 Model Engine CANVAS leather straps to fasten theThis 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