Scale Aviation Modeller International — February 2018

Quick Build of the ICM 1/32 I-16 Type 24

by Ivan Taylor

U

pon opening the box,

you are greeted with the

standard looking ICM kit

–soft, light grey, crisply moulded

plastic. In no way are you ever

overwhelmed with the instruction

sheet, as each step is clear and

concise, without feeling the need

to waste paper. The cockpit goes

together well and is fairly well

detailed, although some scratch-

building and additional wire

detailing would not go amiss. Like

most early war Soviet aircraft,

the cockpit is hidden away, never

to be seen again, but like the old

saying goes, “you know it’s there”.

THE BUILD

I have only four issues that I

think I really need to mention

after building this kit. Firstly,

the fuselage mounted machine

gun cover panel is supposed to

be glued in front of the canopy

section, which is a good idea, but

the real aircraft has a completely

smooth fuselage with no panel

lines. Designing it in this way

BARREL

The So v i e t

QUICKBUILD

KIT DETAILS

MANUFACTURER: ICM

SCALE: 1/32

TYPE: NEW-TOOL

PARTS COUNT: 115

NUMBER OF DECAL OPTIONS: 4

32 • FEBRUARY 2018 • SCALE AVIATION MODELLER INTERNATIONAL

BY SACCO DE VRIES

I-16 TYPE 24

BY IVAN TAYLOR

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