Clear Prop – CP72023 – I-16 Type 5 “in the sky of Spain”

Description:

I-16 Type 5
“in the sky of Spain”

Unassembled plastic model kit in 1/72 scale of a Soviet 30s and WWII Polikarpov I-16 single seat fighter aircraft, the first world operational low-wing cantilever monoplane fighter with retractable landing gear and produced in over 10.000 units, being the bulk of the Soviet Air Force fighters at the outbreak of the WWII. The I-16 were also flown during the Spanish Civil War, were Republican pilots nicknamed it “Mosca” (Fly) because its high maneuverability.

Kit consists of 93 plastic parts and includes decal sheet with 8 markings for the Spanish Civil War, seven of them for the Republican side and one for an Nationalist side captured aircraft.