Description

The last and most perfect of the N.N. Polikarpov Design Bureau family of biplane fighters was the I-153. It featured a gull-shaped upper wing, a retractable chassis and four ShKAS machine guns. Serial production planes had M-62 radial engines and the late series had the more powerful M-63. Its maiden flight was in August 1938. In total 3437 were produced between 1939 and 1941. In the summer of 1941 the I-153 Chaika (gull) was the basis of the Soviet Fighter Aviation along with I-16 fighters. I-153s were used in combat until mid-1943, some of them on a winter ski chassis.

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Product Details:

Scale: 1/48
Skill Level: 3
Length: 5.2”
Wingspan: 8.2”
Parts: 102
- Painting and assembly required
- 6 sprues
- Molded in grey
- One decal sheet
- Detailed cockpit and undercarriage
- One-piece wingspans
- External loads
- Clear parts
- Two-piece fuselage
- Illustrated instructions and paint guides
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Paint Guide:

A. I-153, Red Army Air Force, 1940
Flat Black
Flat Light Blue
Aluminum
Light Grey
Steel
Gunmetal
Flat White
Gunship Grey

B. I-153, Red Army Air Force, 1940
Flat Black
Flat Light Blue
Aluminum
Light Grey
Steel
Gunmetal
Flat Red
Flat White
Gunship Grey

C. I-153, Finnish AF, 1940
Flat Black
Dark Green
Flat Light Blue
Aluminum
Light Grey
Steel
Gunmetal
Flat White
Gunship Grey

D. I-153, Finnish AF, 1942
Flat Black
Dark Green
Flat Light Blue
Aluminum
Light Grey
Steel
Gunmetal
Flat White
Gunship Grey
Flat Yellow
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