1/32 ICM I-153 (Winter Version) WWII Soviet Fighter 32011

• Scale: 1:32
• Date: 20.12.2018
• Time Period: WW2
• Markings:
• I-153, Red Army Force, 1940.
• I-153, Red Army Force, March 1940.
• I-153, Finnish AF, 1940.
• I-153, Finnish AF, 1942.
• Model Size: 195 x 312 mm
• Box Size: 410 x 260 x 55 mm
• Number of Details: 184

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