MisterCraft Model Kits 1:72 Scale (D-247) Lavochkin La-5 FN Rechlin Test 042479

MisterCraft Model Kits 1:72 Scale (D-247) Lavochkin La-5 FN Rechlin Test - 042479The Lavochkin La-7 (Russian: Лавочкин Ла-7) was a piston-engined single-seat Soviet fighter aircraft

developed during World War II by the Lavochkin Design Bureau.

It was a development and refinement of the Lavochkin La-5, and the last in a family of aircraft that had begun with the LaGG-1 in 1938.

Its first flight was in early 1944 and it entered service with the Soviet Air Forces later in the year.

A small batch of La-7s was given to the Czechoslovak Air Force the following year, but it was otherwise not exported.

Armed with two or three 20 mm (0.8 in) cannon, it had a top speed of 661 kilometers per hour (411 mph).

The La-7 was felt by its pilots to be at least the equal of any German piston-engined fighter.

It was phased out in 1947 by the Soviet Air Force, but served until 1950 with the Czechoslovak Air Force.

Kit Contents:Plane modelAssembly instructions German aviation, Rechlin Test division, captured in the summer of 1944, Rechlin air base Germany 1944.Polish Aviation Technical aviation department Zamość air base Poland October 1945-48Russian Aviation Division 137 GIAP tactical number 06 pilot W, M Schkurenko Riga air base Lithuania 1944.Russian Aviation GIAP division, tactical number 13, pilot Pavel Kocfelda, Zolna Slovakia airbase 1945.

Product Dimensions:

Length 120.0mmWingspan 136.0mmPieces 52Skill Level 2