Well, this build took longer than expected. (Oh, what a surprise!
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It's the Eduard 1/48 Polikarpov I-16 Type 24, one of the two kits I purchased about two weeks short of 2 years ago in Prague.
I've built it almost straight OoB; only additions are Eduard seat-belts (RAF early (steel)) scratch-bashed into something resembling Soviet seat-belts of the era, QuickBoost gun barrels & pitot tube & Aries wheels & tail-wheel assembly.
Paints are as described earlier; green = Tamiya XF-58 Olive Green & Tamiya XF-55 Deck Tan (5:1 ratio), & blue = Tamiya XF-2 Flat White & Tamiya XF-8 Flat Blue (5:1 ratio).
Overall, not a bad little kit. There are a few minor issues but nothing a half-decent modeller can't overcome (my biggest gripe is that the prop shaft is too narrow & too short to get a decently solid fix).
So, without further ado, here are the pictures:
ЗА СТАЛИНА! (
ZA STALINA! ... FOR STALIN!)
СМЕРТЬ фАШИСТАМ! (
SMERT' FASHISTAM! ... DEATH TO FASCISTS!)
Now, just how small was this thing?
Here's a comparison with a Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat in the same scale:
Thanks for watching & commenting despite the lack of WiP images!
Guy