1/72 ICM I-153 Chaika, WWII Soviet Biplane Fighter

The last and most perfect in N. N. Polikarpov design bureau biplane fighters family was the I-153. It had gull-shaped upper wing, retractable chassis and more powerful armament with four ShKAS machine guns. Serial planes had M-62 radial engines, late series – more powerful M-63.
The maiden flight was in August 1938. All in all in 1939-1941 it were made 3437 planes. In summer 1941 I-153 “Chaika” (the “Gull”) was the basis of the Soviet Fighter Aviation with I-16 fighters. I-153 were used in combat until mid 1943.

Kit Features:

• SCALE:1:72
• TIME PERIOD:WW2
• MARKINGS:I-153, 70th IAP (Fighter Regiment), Khalhin-Gol, August 1939.I-153, 15th IAP (Fighter Regiment), Lithuania, June 1941.I-153, 72d SAP (Mixed Regiment) of Nord Fleet Air Force, Vaenga, 1941.I-153 flown by Captain K. V. Soloviyev, 71st IAP (Fighter Regiment) of Baltic Fleet Air Force, Lavansaari, Summer 1942.
• MODEL SIZE (LENGTH X WIDTH):86 x 138 mm
• BOX SIZE:247 x 183 x 33 mm
• NUMBER OF DETAILS:76