Polikarpov I-16 Fighter – USSR’s Pioneering Monoplane, 1933 Design, 1:72 WW2 Aviation Model by Warbirds of WWII

Description

• Brand new 1/72 scale diecast model of a Polikarpov I-16 Fighter Plane (USSR 1933) diecast model by Warbirds of WWII.
• Brand new box.
• Detailed exterior.
• True-to-scale detail.
• Officially licensed product.
• Comes with display stand.
• This model does not have any opening parts.
• Manufacturer’s original unopened packaging.
• Made of diecast metal with some plastic parts.
• Dimensions approximately Length- 3.75, Wingspan- 4.75 inches.
• HISTORICAL ASPECTS:
• The Polikarpov I-16 was a Soviet fighter aircraft of revolutionary design; it was the world’s first low-wing cantilever monoplane fighter with retractable landing gear to have attained operational status and as such “introduced a new vogue in fighter design.” The I-16 was introduced in the mid-1930s and formed the backbone of the Soviet Air Force at the beginning of World War II. The diminutive fighter, nicknamed “Ishak”, “Ishachok” (“Donkey”, “Burro”) by Soviet pilots, prominently featured in the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Battle of Khalkhin Gol and the Spanish Civil War.

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