1/32 ICM I-153 with Soviet Pilots (1939-1942) 32013

• Scale: 1:32
• Date: 21.07.2020
• 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, 72nd SAP Mixed Regiment of Nord Fleet Air Force, Vaenga 1941
• I-153 flown by Major P.I. Biskup, 71st IAP Fighter Regiment of the Baltic Fleet Air Force, Lavansaari, Summer 1942
• Model Size: 195 x 312 mm
• Box Size: 410 x 260 x 55 mm
• Number of Details: 176+29

The set includes 176 parts for the assembly of the I-153 fighter model kit and 29 parts for the assembly of 3 figures of Soviet pilots (1939–1942).

The last and most perfect in N. N. Polikarpov design bureau biplane fighter family was the I-153. It had a gull-shape dupper 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.