48047 ARK-models 1/48 Soviet fighter I-16 (two models in a box and a new resin)

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the Fighter I-16 Polikarpov Nikolai Nikolaevich is one of the best in the world of high-speed airplanes of the second half of the 1930-ies. The first flight on the prototype was performed on December 30, 1933 by the outstanding test pilot Valery Pavlovich Chkalov. I-16 became the main fighter of the red Army air force before the great Patriotic war. Combat experience of the civil war in Spain (1936-1939) showed that the power of fire of two machine guns ShKAS caliber 7.62 mm, which were armed And-16 type 5, for modern air combat is already insufficient. This led to the following modification - I-16 type 10. To increase the firepower, two ShKAS machine guns were added to the nose of the aircraft, firing through the plane of the propeller. The aircraft was delivered engine M-25V increased power (750 HP). And armed with two 20-mm ShVAK cannon variant was called the I-16 type 17.

a Set to build two models-16 fighter in 1:48 scale consists of plastic parts and parts made of resin (cab interior,engine,wheels, chassis,tail,jet searage launchers).

model Length: 127 mm.

Wingspan: 188 mm.