Best Sale 😀 WWII Soviet I-153 Chaika Fighter 1/32 ICM Models 🔥

The last and most perfect of NN Polikarpov’s biplane fighters was the I-153. It had gull-shaped upper wings, a retractable chassis and four ShKAS machine guns. The serial planes had M-62 radial engines and the later series featured the more powerful M-63. Its maiden flight was in August 1938. In total 3437 planes were made from 1939-1941. In the summer of 1941 the Chaika (‘gull’) was the basis Soviet Fighter Aviation along with I-16 fighters. I-153s were used in combat until mid-1943.

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Product Details:

Scale: 1/32
Skill Level: 3
Length: 7.7”
Wingspan: 12.3”
Parts: 176
– Painting and assembly required
– 4 sprues
– Clear parts
– Molded in grey
– Decals
– Includes external loads
– Detailed interior
– Illustrated instructions and paint guide
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Paint Guide:

A. I-153, 70^th IAP (Fighter Regiment), Khalhin-Gol, August 1939
Flat Black
Light Ghost Grey
Gunmetal
Aluminum
Flat Light Blue
Steel
Gunship Grey
Field Green
Insignia Red

B. I-153, 15^th IAP (Fighter Regiment), Lithuania, June 1941
Flat Black
Light Ghost Grey
Gunmetal
Aluminum
Flat Light Blue
Steel
Gunship Grey
Insignia Red

C. I-153, 72^nd SAP (Mixed Regiment) of Nord Fleet Air Force, Vaenga, 1941
Flat Black
Light Ghost Grey
Gunmetal
Aluminum
Flat Light Blue
Steel
Gunship Grey
Field Green
Flat White

D. I-153, flown by Major P.I. Biskup, 71^st IAP (Fighter Regiment) of Baltic Fleet Air Force, Lavansaari, summer 1942
Flat Black
Light Ghost Grey
Gunmetal
Aluminum
Flat Light Blue
Steel
Gunship Grey
Field Green
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