Description

One of the first serial monoplane fighter aircraft with retractable landing gear was the I-16, developed by the N.N. Polikarpov Design Bureau. Its maiden flight was December 30, 1934. The Type 24 modification featured an M-63 engine and reinforced landing gear. That type was produced in 1939 and 1940. In the summer of 1941 I-16 fighters were the basis of Soviet Fighter Aviation along with the I-153. They were used in combat until mid-1943.

Please see the paint guide below for the manufacturer’s suggested colors.

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Product Details

Scale: 1/48
Skill Level: 2
Parts: 50+
- Painting and assembly required
- 5 sprues
- Molded in grey plastic
- Accurately detailed panel lines
- One Cartograf decal sheet
- Highly detailed cockpit, instrument panel and landing gear
- Various air-to-surface rockets and machine guns
- Clear parts
- Includes decals and paint guides for the following versions:

1. I-16 Type 24, Lt. I.K. Bratushka, 286^th IAP, Leningrad Front, Soviet Union, July 1942
2. I-16 Type 24, flown by Capt. G. Tsokolajew, 4^th GIAP, Black Sea Fleet, Soviet Union, April 1942
3. I-16 Type 24, flown by Lt. Krichevskiy, 254^th IAP, Budogoshch, Leningrad Front, Soviet Union, 1942
4. I-16 Type 24, 69^th IAP, Odessa, Soviet Union, summer 1941

- Illustrated instructions and paint guide

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Paint Guide:

Grey Green
Flat Black
Russian Green (for options 1, 3 & 4 above only)
Silver
Burnt Iron
Steel
Clear Red
Clear Blue
Grey
Light Blue RLM 65
Red Brown
Red (for option 4 above only)
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