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 NUMBER48096SCALE1:48DATE15.01.2017TIME PERIODWW2MARKINGSI-153, Red Army Air Force, 1940I-153, Red Army Air Force, 1940I-153, Finnish AF, 1940I-153, Finnish AF, 1942MODEL SIZE (LENGTH X WIDTH)130 x 208 mmBOX SIZE295 x 225 x 40 mmNUMBER OF DETAILS102