Early Rat...1/48 Polikarpov I-16 Type 5, Soviet Airforce

March 14, 2024 · in Aviation · · 8 · 336

1/2024

My dad and I are a bit late to the 2024 party because the fotoroom was out of order for some time.
But now let´s get finally started, a bunch of already finished models to come.

The new I-16 Type 5 kit by Ukrainian company Clear Prop. The molding quality and fit are more or less equal to the Eduard I-16s.
PE seatbelts form the sparesbox, 0,4mm plastic rods for the landing gear retraction cables, painted with AK Real Color AII Blue and AII Green.

Build thread here
https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235133795-early-rat148-polikarpov-i-16-type-5-vvs/#comment-4843254

Aircraft of 2ae. 70th IAP, Mongolian People´s Republic in autumn 1938.

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8 responses

  1. Very nice! Looking forward to getting caught up with all his builds!

  2. A wonderful result, Reinhard @grimreaper
    Looking forward to all the builds in the queue for their photoshoot.

  3. Looks fantastic, my friend @grimreaper!

  4. Nice work. I’ve been thinking of picking one of those up to finish in Spanish Republican colors.

    • Thanks John! Thought about a Republican scheme too, but my dad already did a Type 10 in that livery. So he kept to the schemes that come with the kit. Sadly only "boring" all green schemes, only one has a blue fin tip.

  5. Very nice Rata/Ishak.

  6. Well done. I need to get one!

  7. Thanks to all for likes and comments!

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