Description

      I-16 – the world’s first high-speed fighter and the most numerous Soviet aircraft in mid 30s-early 40s period. The cantilever monoplane with retractable chassis I-16 has designed by N. N. Polikarpov in 1933.

      The modification I-16 type 18 with M-62 engine entered service in Summer 1939 and took part in Soviet-Japan conflict on Khalhin-Gol river, and then – in Soviet-Finnish Winter War 1939-1940.

      From the end of 1939 it were produced I-16 type 24 with M-63 engine and I-16 type 28 with cannon armament.

      In the initial stage of Soviet-German War I-16 types 18, 24, 28 were the most expanded fighters in service and stood the main weight of heavy air battles.

Kit Features:

• SCALE  :  1:72
  
• TIME PERIOD  :  WW2
  
• MARKINGS  :  I-16 type 28, 1941.
  
• MODEL SIZE (LENGTH X WIDTH)  :  85 x 135 mm
  
• BOX SIZE  :  247 x 183 x 33 mm
  
• NUMBER OF DETAILS  :  52