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ICM 72053 Polikarpov I-5 1/72 Scale Plastic Model Kit:
$21.95
Soviet Biplane Fighter In the thirties it was the era of biplane fighters. In the Soviet Union they were designed by N. N. Polikarpov \"The King of Fighters\". The first Soviet mass-production fighter aircraft I-5 has constructed by him in 1930. Two prototypes, named \"VT-11\" and \"Klim Voroshilov\", and first serial aircraft had individual cylinder cowers. Late series had \"Townend ring\" engine cower. I-5 were the basis of Soviet fighter aviation in early 30s. Some machines took part in 1941-1942 battles in the Soviet-German front as ground-attack aircraft.
