Free Download Alert 22JUN26

[Jean]

Hello Boxsters,

A belated Happy father's Day to all the dads that belong to the Den.

it is also the 2nd day of Summer, 2026, and a Monday!

Thanks to the scanning prowess and generosity of Dave O. we now have a new first release boxart in the Den.

This week's FD is the 1969 art from Richard Locher that Monogram featured on their new 1/48 scale kit of the Bell P-39 Airacobra.

It was quite a hit when it came out since the first plastic kit of this plane was the 1955 Revell, 1/46 scale kit.

The P-39 first flew in 1938 and almost 9,600 of them were built in numerous variations.

The original plane had a multi-stage supercharger that gave it good performance at higher altitudes.

The US bought the cheaper version with the single-stage supercharger and that confined it to lower altitudes.

The Soviets got almost half of them on lend-lease and liked the Airacobra's low altitude performance and firepower.

The P-39 was used by many nations throughout WWII and after the war a few were modified for air racing.

I scouted out a baker's dozen Airacobra photos for your enjoyment.

All the images are 1280 pixels.

Get them at https://www.boxartden.com/FD/

Jean

[J.R.]

Jean,

This is a new kit to me... with very evocative boxart for a superbly-designed fighter plane -- it got stuck with a bad rep for poor high-altitudes performance but that was only because the US Army (and later the Air Force) cheaped out and wouldn't pay for the high-performance multi-stage supercharger.

-- J.R.

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