Hobby 1/72 Bereznyak-Isayev BI-1 - Soviet Rocket Fighter - Bagged

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Hobby 1/72 Bereznyak-Isayev BI-1 - Soviet Rocket Fighter - Bagged plastic model kit

1/72 Hobby Bereznyak-Isayev BI-1 - Soviet Rocket Fighter - Bagged

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Exc

Still factory sealed with the original header. Limited run Russian injection molded kit with brown and an injection molded clear canopy. There is little flash and fine raised and recessed detail. Please note that the kit did not come with decals and the instructions are inside the header. 'BI' stood for Blizhnii Istrebitel, which was 'close-range fighter' in Russian. Obviously, it also stood for the last names of the designers. The program was the Soviet Union's effort to produce a low cost rocket interceptor. The airplane flew and flew well, but it was plagued by engine issues, corrosion from nitric acid, and eventually tail flutter at high speeds that caused the loss of the most experienced test pilot, Grigory Yakovlevich Bakhchivandzhi. The early development started in 1938, with the first flights in 1940. The aircraft underwent a series of engine improvements and was still testing through 1945. The aircraft never entered series production. Bi-1 through BI-9 were built.

$24.00