HC130 Hercules USCG STOL Wood Model Airplane

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Relive history with our HC-130 Hercules USCG mahogany model airplane!

Model Airplane: HC-130 Hercules STOL Military Airlifter
Wingspan: 16"
Fuselage Length: 12"
Scale: 1/100
Material: Mahogany wood
Manufacturer: Lockheed
Engine: Propeller
Branch: United States Coast Guard (USCG)

Model Airplane Factory offers handmade HC-130 Hercules wood display transport, artistically created by our master craftsmen. The HC-130 Hercules transport display model will be painted according to the specific color scheme of the HC-130 Hercules USCG for their historical significance and authenticity. After carving the wood, the HC130 Hercules display model airplane will undergo stages of fine sanding, between primer coats, to produce a silky smooth finish ready for final painting. From raw kiln-dried mahogany wood, it undergoes processes to accomplish a precise HC130 Hercules display ; from carving, sanding, coating, painting and detailing to a creatively done wooden replica of the HC-130 Hercules. The process starts from carving the fuselage and the intakes on the fuselage sides to the HC-130 Hercules cruciform tail design, to the assembly and final polishing of the HC-130 Hercules USCG transport display model wooden. The HC-130 Hercules USCG wooden display aircraft model is meticulously carved and painted to reflect the true detail of the original HC-130 Hercules.


Once the Coast Guard's most reliable aircraft, the HC-130s are now in a state of serious decline in readiness and availability. Over the past four years, HC-130 availability has dropped from almost 80 percent to barely 60 percent. These problems are directly attributable to aging aircraft, reduced maintenance budgets, an increased ops tempo, and fewer experienced maintenance crews. The result is lost law enforcement and training flights, premature termination of law enforcement deployments because of maintenance problems, and HC-130 crews limited to visual searches because radars do not work.

In a move to modernize the venerable HC-130H, the aircraft is being outfitted with the latest state-of-the-art sensor, communication and computer systems. The Sensor Upgrade design and development leverages the newest technologies available on the commercial market. This new tool in the Coast Guard inventory allows the service to be much more capable of Detecting, Classifying, Evaluating and Identifying target vessels at covert stand-off distances.

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