Mystery Aircraft identification needed

[tigercat]

Anyone know what this aircraft is I came across this postcard. The card is No. 923 published by Real Photographs Ltd

[JayBee]

Bell Airacuda

[Doc Yo]

 Yes, first prototype, I think. Here's a brief history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Airacuda

[pyro-manic]

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,31251.0.html

[Green Dragon]

Valom do two 1/72nd scale kits of it Tigercat, early tail dragger and later one with nose gear, think both are around the £30 mark here in the UK.

Paul Harrison

[jcf]

Valom do two 1/72nd scale kits of it Tigercat, early tail dragger and later one with nose gear, think both are around the £30 mark here in the UK.

Paul Harrison

The Valom kits are both variations on the production YFM: YFM-1 taildragger and the trike gear YFM-1A, three of which were converted from standard YFM-1 airframes.
Valom did a terrible job on moulding the engine exhaust system, rather than inset below the surface of the nacelle,
the piping is represented as lumpy raised worms. They completely screwed the pooch.

Rareplanes did a vac of the XFM-1(the aircraft on the postcard) many years ago, it is actually quite nice.

Jon