P-39Q-25 Airacobra - 1/72 kit

The P-39Q was the last version of the Airacobra. It was also the version which was built in the largest numbers, 4905 P-39Qs being built before production finally ended.

The principal difference between the P-39Q and earlier version was in the fighter's armament--the four wing-mounted 0.30-inch machine guns were replaced by a single 0.50-inch machine gun mounted in a fairing underneath each wing. The replacement of the four wing guns was generally applauded by American pilots, however, the Russians, who got most of the P-39Qs built, usually had the underwing gun pods removed.
P-39Q-25-BE. Similar to the Q-21 but with a reinforced aft-fuselage and horizontal stabilizer structure and a four-bladed Aeroproducts propeller. The wing guns were deleted from these aircraft, which were exported to the Soviet Union. 700 were built.