C-130 Hercules Grey Model Airplane: Passionately Hand-Made and Handcrafted

Warplanes brings and introduces you a finely handcrafted C-130 Hercules Grey model airplane made of the finest grade materials which underwent stages of meticulous and careful sanding, carving and modeling to its original form. Our highly skilled master craftsmen painstakingly and passionately worked on the C-130 Hercules Grey model airplane's details, ensuring exactness and precision based on the original airplane.

The C-130 Hercules Grey model airplane's paint scheme and markings are extremely accurate and precise, depicting the true original C130 Hercules Grey model plane. Like all other airplane models, the C130 Hercules Grey model plane comes complete with fuselage, wings and other intricate parts. It also comes with a sturdy, durable base with a chrome steel support mounting rod or you can have our variable pitch wall mount accessory, allowing your C-130 Hercules to be displayed either hanging on the wall or the ceiling for an added effect. This top-quality C130 Hercules Grey model plane will surely be appreciated anyone who receives this elegant desktop display as a gift.

Lockheed C-130H Hercules History:

The C-130 Hercules, manufactured by Lockheed Aircraft, is the most versatile four-engine turboprop cargo aircraft and the main tactical airlifter for many military forces worldwide. The C-130 had its maiden flight on August 23, 1954. Over 40 models and variants of the Hercules serve with more than 50 nations. Its uses appear almost limitless: airlift and airdrop, electronic surveillance, search and rescue, space-capsule recovery, helicopter refueling, landing (with skis) on snow and ice, and aerial attack. It has even landed and taken off from a carrier deck without benefit of arresting gear or catapults. The Hercules is also committed for airdrops of troops or equipment and for LAPES (Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System) delivery of heavy cargoes. The C-130 Hercules has unsurpassed versatility, performance, and mission effectiveness.

The C-130H, a C-130 Hercules variant, has updated Allison T56-A-15 turboprops, a redesigned outer wing, updated avionics and other minor improvements. The improved C-130H was introduced in 1974. The H model remains in widespread use with the U.S Air Force (USAF) and many foreign air forces. Initial deliveries began in 1964 (to the RNZAF), remaining in production until 1996. Max speed is increased by 21 %, cruise-speed, cruise-height and range is increased by as much as 40 % and it only takes 14 minutes to reach an altitude of 28000 feet after take-off. Later H models had a latest, fatigue-life-improved, center wing that was retro-fitted to many earlier H-models.

The H-model has become the most produced of all C-130 models, with orders for 565 models as of the end of 1979.