I-153 (winter version) WWII Soviet Biplane Fighter The last and most perfect in N. N.

Polikarpov design bureau series 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.

Some of them were used on winter ski chassis. ITEM NUMBER 48096 SCALE 1:48 DATE 15.01.2017 TIME PERIOD WW2 MARKINGS I-153, Red Army Air Force, 1940 I-153, Red Army Air Force, 1940 I-153, Finnish AF, 1940 I-153, Finnish AF, 1942 MODEL SIZE (LENGTH X WIDTH) 130 x 208 mm BOX SIZE 295 x 225 x 40 mm NUMBER OF DETAILS 102

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• Scale: 1/48

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