Academy 12343 1/48 Yakovlev Yak-1 "Battle of Stalingrad"

The Yak-1 was a fighter aircraft that was active in the Soviet Air Force.

This model kit from Academy features precisely molded panel lines; the plane can be assembled with ski-type landing gear for winter specifications. Canopy masking stickers are included, as are decals for five Soviet Air Force and German Air Force versions, centering on aircraft flown by aces.

Features

• 17.5cm long, 20.8cm wingspan when completed
  
• Includes canopy masking stickers and decals for 5 versions

Markings for 6 aircraft

• Lt Mikhail Dmitrievich Baranov, 183rd IAP, Stalingrad Front, Autumn 1942.
• Lt Lydia Litvjak, history's first female fighter ace, 296th AIP, Stalingrad, Spring 1943.
• Capt B. N. Eremin, 296th AIP, Brigadirovka airfield, Ukraine, Winter 1r 6 aircraft941-42.
• Maj Fedor Ivanovich Shinkarenko, 42nd IAP, Winter 1942.
• 1st Lt S. M. Reshetov, 273rd IAP, 268th IAD, Summer 1942.
• Captured by Luftwaffe 1942.