Brand : ICM
Catalogue number : 32010
Barcode : 4823044404995
Theme : Military WW2
Type : Aircraft
I-153 “Chaika” - WWII Soviet Fighter
Unpainted kit set, 176 parts
The last and most perfect in N. N. Polikarpov design bureau production 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.
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