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I found an article about this captured machine in an ARAWASI magazine, issue 8 from 2011. An I-16 Type 10 was made airworthy again and tested extensively at Tashikawa Airfield - located near Tokyo. The only late I-16 Type 10 was handed over to the Japanese by a Mongolian pilot who deserted in May 1939 and flew to Arutoku in northern Manchuria. The aircraft was painted by the Japanese with a uniform light gray-bamboo color and repainted with Hinomarus above and below the wings and then tested. The results of the tests were satisfactory as the Japanese government was interested in purchasing some Soviet I-16s captured by the Germans during Action Barbarossa, but the deal was rejected by the Germans. More interesting information can find by this URL: https://massimotessitori.altervista.org/sovietwarplanes/pages/i16/type10/type10.htm To improve the model I used 3D decals attached with wood cold glue. These are very sensitive to tweezers. A brush is more suitable- 5 replies
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Here's the first of two completions in the last couple of days: it's the diminutive 1/72 Hasegawa Polikarpov I-16 Type 24. Finished OOB. Ignore the fact that the cockpit should be painted grey not underside blue. Yes, I did rig the undercarriage retraction wires. Also yes, I forgot to paint the tailwheel tyre 😣 That silver ring around the cowling is a decal and let me tell you that it was incredibly hard to get it acceptably straight.
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Hi, Having some problems with finishing my triple build of Polikarpovs R-5/R-Z project (it is in thread in WIP), I decided to do "on side" a fast cost construction of some smaller kits. This is Polikarpov I-16, early type 5 variant by A-model in 1/72. However it was not a fast construction because the kit was not shake and bake one. Especially the fit of wings was problematic, also there is also a mistake in U/c which I corrected. In book by M.Maslov on aces of I-15, I-152, I-153 and I-16 published by Osprey there is a photo of this machine with terrible story on the Vladimir Bocharov, a Russian pilot of her (story is in description of photo below) It is surprising, that lost of the machine (and pilot) was during very first action and the machine on photo has rather worn como. So here is my model: And here is new I-16 type 5 along my very old I-16 type-10 by Revell, which I did... 42 years ago, in 1975! The scheme is from some Murmansk area squadron from 1942 (please not that there is only 33 years between 1942 and 1975 compared to 42 since I did the model !!!) Now I just wash it from dust and refreshed by new coat of Valejo matt varnish: Comments welcome Cheers J-W
