Diecast Aircraft Information

MetalWings Diecast Aircraft Reference by Dauntless Aviation

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series
HA1709
P-39Q Airacobra, GC II/6 "Travail"
French Air Force, 1944

True 1/72 scale.

Professionally painted.

Great attention to detail.

All markings are Tampoed (pad applied).

Option to display the model on a stand that is provided.

Model can be shown with the landing gear in the down or up positions.

Optional armament provided.

Canopy can be displayed open or closed.

Pilot figure included.

Extremely heavy metal with a minimum of plastic.

Highly collectable.

The Bell P-39 Airacobra originally flew with excellent performance but by the time the
aircraft reached the front lines the Army Air Corp had changed so many features that the
plane was far from what Bell had originally designed. They added weight, removed the
supercharger from the Allison engine that didn’t have the power it claimed. What could
have been and should have been one of the best aircraft of WWII turned out to be much
less. Even with all its flaws they still produced 9,584 P-39s.

The GC II/6 “Travail” (GC - Fighter Group) (II/6 “Travail” – 2nd Flight 6th Fighter Group
“Work”). With the fall of France to the Germans GC II/6 was disbanded on August 20,
1940. On August 1, 1944 GC II/6 was reconstituted in Reghaia, Algeria and supplied with
P-39s. Their first assignments were to carry out daylight coastal surveillance missions.
Next they flew close –support missions over Southern France and Italy until the end of
WWII in Europe. The group retained the Stork emblem they had adopted back in WWI.

P-39Q Airacobra Specifications
Manufacturer: Bell Aircraft.
Number built: 4,905
Armament: 1 X 37-mm cannon, 4 X .50 caliber machine guns
Powerplant: Allison V-1710-85 1,200 hp
Maximum speed: 385 mph @ 15,000 feet
Rate of climb: 4.5 minutes to 15,000 feet
Ceiling: 35,000 feet
Maximum range: 1,100 miles
Combat range: 650 miles
Wingspan: 34 feet
Length: 30 feet 2 inches
Height: 12 feet 5 inches
Empty weight: 5,645 pounds
Gross weight: 7,700 pounds
Maximum take-off weight: 8,350 pounds
Maximum internal fuel load: 120 US gallons
Maximum external fuel load: 175 US gallons

This new site is being updated regularly and it will be much improved before too long. Please be patient, give it time, and check back regularly. Opportunities for community collaboration are in the works for a little further down the road.

This is not a retail site. You cannot buy models here.

Thanks to Dauntless Aviation for providing web hosting and other support for this site. Real or sim pilot? Check out their stuff!

This is not an official site of any manufacturer or retailer. Information provided here may be incomplete or in error. Use at your own risk.

This is not an "advice" site. Please do not contact us asking about these models. Please contact a manufacturer or retailer with your questions or comments.

Please update your links!

Update HomePage links from the HMC website to either www.MetalWings.com or, preferably, www.dauntless-soft.com/MetalWings.
Update your page links to this page from HMCwebsite/HA1709.html to http://www.dauntless-soft.com/MetalWings/HA1709.asp

This site will be modified over time. We are well aware of its many issues, including missing images and bad formatting.