Hobby Boss 83201 1/32 Ilyushin IL-2 Sturmovik Ground Attack Aircraft

This is a plastic model kit, which comes unassembled and unpainted. So glue, model paints and other basic modelling tools are additionally required.

Model Dimension: Length: 363mm, Width: 463mm

Camouflage Scheme:
1. Il-2 "White 9", 3rd Sqn, 505th Assault Regiment, 226th Division, Flown by Sgt.M.Gareyev.The Battle of Stalingrad, December 1942.
2. Il-2 "Red 8",1

The Ilyushin IL-2 Sturmovik was a Soviet Union attak aircraft in the WWII. Designed as a armored low-level close-support aircraft capable of defeating enemy armor and other ground targets. First flew on 12 October 1940 as prototype TsKB-57, The aircraft entered production in March 1941,and come into service in May. a total of 36,163 were built. The Sturmovik played a crucial role on the Eastern Front, famous nicknames as the "Black Death".
IL-2 Single-seat version,the early production, delivered to combat units in May-June 1941, Powered by AM-38 engine, equipped 20 mm ShVAK or 23 mm VYa cannon in main wing.