Bradbury Aircraft Hall design 1:100 scale concept model : Gallery Development 1998

Foamcore, Perspex and polystyrene plastic model depicting the design concepts for Bradbury Aircraft Hall as envisaged in 1998. The gallery and its four entrances are depicted in foamcore with plasticard detailing, with a separate, removeable false ceiling located above. Display cases, the central viewing platform, lighting frameworks and aircraft support structures are detailed in plasticard and perspex. There are nine aircraft depicted in unpainted white polystyrene - the tail and cowling of the Oscar, MiG forward fuselage, Mustang, Sea Fury, Wirraway, Mosquito, Zero, Kittyhawk and Beaufort, nearly all located in their final positions. Changes from the final realised version of the design are the lack of the nose of the Avro Anson, later added, and the removal of the Beaufort located in the rear apse, which is now a throughway to access Anzac Hall. The whole model is glued to a square craftwood base, with a printed card label bearing the words 'Concept Design / Bradbury Aircraft Hall / 1:100 / February 1998 / [Freeman Ryan logo] / Freeman Ryan Design'.

Model made by architects and designers Freeman Ryan for the design concept of Bradbury Aircraft Hall (BAH), as it was envisaged in 1998. The subsequent decision to remove the DAP Beaufort bomber was necessitated by the approved alteration to the rear apse of BAH, wherein a new opening was made in the rear of the apse at first floor level to provide bridge access to Anzac Hall, which sits behind the main building. The apse is now a through access point for visitors.

The BAH redevelopment replaced the previous display which, with small alterations, had changed little since the late 1950s and was dominated by the Avro Lancaster, G For George, and a number of First World War biplanes.