1/72 ICM I-153 “Chaika” WWII Soviet Biplane Fighter 72074

• Scale: 1:72
• Date: 15.01.2017
• 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 the Nord Fleet Air Force, Vaenga, 1941.
• I-153 Flown by Captain K. V. Soloviyev, 71st Iap (Fighter Regiment) of the 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

The last and most perfect in N. N. Polikarpov design bureau 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.