Horrido Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) Been looking into aquiring some I-15-series and I-16-series kits in 1/72. ICM recently came out with an I-153 that is supposedly passably accurate. Have there been any other accurate releases of the I-15-series in the past few years? I've been to the VVS website were they discuss the shortcomings of the Amodel and Heller releases, but I thought ICM or Amodel had released a new mold of the earlier I-15s that was accurate (or, maybe I'm just confusing that with the ICM or Amodel I-16s where the earlier releases were inaccurate, but the newer releases are new or accurately updated molds). Either/Or, just hoping somebody can straighten me out on this (even after I did my own homework, nailed it down, only to forget what I learned and now can't relocate my original sources). Thank you! Edited January 14, 2015 by Horrido Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chuck1945 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I'm sure someone else with more info will chime in, but i think ICM did an I-15 in the late 90s and an I-15bis more recently. I've seen some comments about some details on the new ICM I-153 not being quite right, but the general view seems to be that it is pretty good. There is some discussion about it on the 72nd Aircraft Forum ( http://z15.invisionfree.com/72nd_Aircraft/index.php? ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rpeck Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I have some of the Special Hobby/MPM/Azur I-15 kits and I think they are nice. I liked them better than the ICM kit. But I have no drawings for the I-15 so accurate wise I don't know. To me they look good but I'm not an expert on this plane. Rick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K5054NZ Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Bizarrely it seems Hasegawa are doing a 1/72 I-153! I found this online in their Nuremberg display: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nazempar Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Bizarrely it seems Hasegawa are doing a 1/72 I-153! I found this online in their Nuremberg display: Hasegawa will only repackaged ICM .I-153,ki-10 pery,Lagg-3 ..and Eduard La-7 Nzempar Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PFlint Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 ICM's kit of the I-15 is pretty good and accurate. (I liked it well enough to buy a second one) the I-16 kit is also quite good and makes a nice Type 28 from it.(also got two of those) but , you can use the VVS website as a guide to convert it to another "TYPE" of I-16 if you want. I don't have the new I-153 kit ,but I have read that it is good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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