Russia

Picture	Manufacturer	Model	Notes
100_1096	Antonov	A-7	This was the standard Russian assault glider, similar in function to the Waco CG-4 and the DFS-230.
100_1070	Archangelskij	Ar-2	This was a Tupolev SB-2 with water-cooled engines instead of radials.
100_1068	Berezniak-Isaev	BI-1	This tiny rocket-powered interceptor never went into production.
100_1060	Beriev	Be-2	This short-range reconnaissance flying boat came in a rather wild camouflage scheme.
100_1053	Beriev	Be-4	A small stylish flying boat.
100_1127	Beriev	Be-4	Another Be-4, in a different color scheme.
101_0091	Beriev	Be-4	Why would I build 3 versions of this obscure Russian flying boat? Good question. I think they were cheap, and they had different color schemes.
100_1058	Beriev	KOR-1	A small reconnaissance floatplane to be catapulted from Russian cruisers, this was the only floatplane produced by Russia.
100_1969	Chetverikov	ARK-3	This small flying boat was designed specifically for Arctic conditions and saw some service in the far north. Built from scratch.
101_0051	Ilyushin	DB-3	This was the bomber version of the Il-4 torpedo bomber. I modified an Il-4 kit.
100_0836	Ilyushin	Il-2 Stormovik	This is the famous Russian ground attack aircraft which was so hard to shoot down because of its armor.
100_2122	Ilyushin	Il-2 Stormovik	The first Stormovik had no rear gunner, a costly mistake that was soon rectified. Modified kit.
100_1080	Ilyushin	Il-2M3 Stormovik	This Stormovik in winter camouflage has a pair of 37mm. anti-tank cannons under the wings. Ilyushin made 36,183 Stormoviks, making it the most-produced warplane ever. However, in terms of total industrial effort, the honors have to go to the B-24 (over 18,000 built) since each B-24 took about 7 times the effort of a single-engine plane.
100_1057	Ilyushin	Il-4	Russia built 6,800 of these fine torpedo bombers. They were also used for regular bombing. I bought this one in the Deutsches Museum in Munich late one day just before the crowded gift shop closed.
100_1953	Ilyushin	Il-4	This captured IL-4 wore German markings but was flown by a Finnish crew. The aircraft was painted yellow to avoid being shot down by their own fighters.
100_1079	Ilyushin	Il-10 Stormovik	The Il-10 was a much-cleaned up version of the Il-2; it came out in mid-1944.
100_2079	Lavochkin	La-5FN	About 15,000 of this one sub-model alone were manufactured, sometimes under appalling conditions.
100_0837	Lavochkin	La-5FN	The Germans tested this Russian fighter and found it quite good at lower altitudes.
100_2294	Lavochkin	La-5FN	After the war, the Russians allowed the Czechs to wear their national insignia.
100_1093	Lavochkin	La-7	This is the personal aircraft of Ivan Kojedub, the top Russian ace with 63 victories. Many Russian fighters were lightly-armed (one 20mm. cannon and one 12.7mm. machine gun) but if you could shoot straight, that was enough.
100_2194	Lavochkin	La-7	This La-7 had a pair of ramjets under the wings to increase its speed.
100_1077	Lavochkin	La-7UTI	The 2-seat trainer version of the La-5 had a bigger rudder. Modified from a regular kit.
100_1095	Lavochkin	La-9	The La-9 came out right at the end of the war. It could do 428 mph and had 4 20mm. cannons.
100_2223	Lavochkin	La-15	A small, stylish fighter, the LA-15 first flew in 1948 and stayed in service until 1954.
100_1595	Lavochkin	LaGG-3	LaGGs made up a good portion of Russian fighter production in spite of some handling problems. White 43 was a Series 66. Flown by Yuri Shchipov in 1943.
100_1086	Lavochkin	LaGG-3	A typical, nondescript LaGG-3. Over 7,000 of these wooden fighters were made.
100_1596	Lavochkin	LaGG-3	This was one of the early Series 1 aircraft, still serving in 1944 on the Finnish Front, hence the unusual camouflage scheme. Flown by L. Galtchenko.
100_0904	Lavochkin	LaGG-3	Captured by the Finns.
100_1597	Lavochkin	LaGG-3	Another LaGG-3 version. This one has skis and the RS-82 anti-tank rockets. Modified LaGG-3 kit.
100_1598	Lavochkin	LaGG-3	"Red 90" sports partial winter camouflage and a cannon with a longer barrel than standard. The white camouflage paint weathered badly in Russian winters.
100_1094	Lavochkin	LaGG-5	The early LaGGs were pretty primitive but still made good fighters. Most Russian fighters were markedly smaller than other countries’ to conserve materials.
100_1055	Lisunov	Li-2	The Russians made large numbers of DC-3s under license. They fitted one of their turrets on top for self-defense.
100_1071	Mikoyan	I-250 (N)	A piston-engined interceptor with an auxiliary ramjet which allowed it to hit 513 mph late in the war. Only one was built, since pure-jet fighters held more promise.
100_1085	Mikoyan-Gurevich	MiG-1	The first MiG still had an open cockpit even though it could hit 390 mph. It first flew in 1940 and 2,100 were made.
100_1075	Mikoyan-Gurevich	MiG-3	The MiG-3 had poor maneuverability and armament, making it a poor fighter, but with a speed of 407 mph, it was good at reconnaissance.
100_2128	Mikoyan-Gurevich	MiG-3	I had no special variant in mind, but it was on sale for $2 at Rare Plane Detective, so I couldn't pass it up. This is the usual Russian camouflage scheme.
100_1082	Mikoyan-Gurevich	MiG-5	MiGs didn’t often have radial engines, and this one was only built in small numbers.
100_1090	Mikoyan-Gurevich	MiG-7	High-altitude interceptor with a long-span wing; never got into production.
100_1615	Mikoyan-Gurevich	MiG-9F	One of the first Russian jet fighters. It was designed in early 1945 and first flew on April 24, 1946. 550 were made. The more famous MiG 15 came later.
100_2233	Neman	R-10	The Russians built 490 of these little-known reconnaissance aircraft. Built from scratch.
100_0895	Petlyakov	Pe-2	This very fast Russian ground support aircraft fell into the hands of the Finns.
100_1170	Petlyakov	Pe-2	This example served post-war with the Polish Air Force.
100_1087	Petlyakov	Pe-2PT	A fine little ground-support aircraft in washed-out winter camouflage. As many as 11,427 were made.
100_2310	Petlyakov	Pe-2U	The Pe-2U was an awkward-looking two-seat trainer, in this case, used by the Czechs. Modified kit.
101_0049	Petlyakov	Pe-8	This is the only heavy bomber that the hard-pressed Soviets were able to produce a few hundred of. This early model bombed Berlin shortly after the German attack on Russia.
101_0088	Petlyakov	Pe-8	Some of the Pe-8 heavy bombers had radial diesel engines and solid dark-green upper surfaces. This is a minor modification of the standard kit.
100_2105	Petlyakov	Pe-8	Pe-8s had different camouflage schemes, including this unusual one.
100_1614	Polikarpov	I-15 bis	The I-15 was one of the most numerous Russian fighters at the start of WW II. This one was captured by the Finns, but still wore Russian insignia.
100_2084	Polikarpov	I-152 (AKA I-15 bis)	The I-152 served with the Russian, Spanish and in this case, the Chinese air forces.
100_0897	Polikarpov	I-15 bis	Captured by the Finns, this tiny Russian biplane was put to good use.
100_2228	Polikarpov	I-152	The Finns had all kinds of captured Russian aircraft like this one.
100_2229	Polikarpov	I-152	The Chinese also got 186 of these to fight the Japanese aggression.
100_1059	Polikarpov	I-153	This is the only fighter biplane to ever have a retractable undercarriage. It fought hard in the early stages of the war, often as a light bomber.
100_1064	Polikarpov	I-153	I mistakenly built 2 of these in white camouflage, so I had to re-do this one in summer colors.
100_1300	Polikarpov	I-153	This biplane was fitted with 2 ramjets to increase its speed. Modified kit.
100_2230	Polikarpov	I-153	One I-153 was an experiment with 2 seats and an enclosed canopy.
100_0890	Polikarpov	I-16	This little-known Russian plane was the first low-wing interceptor with a retractable undercarriage to enter service anywhere in the world. In this case, the Finns put skis on it.
100_0874	Polikarpov	I-16	Russia supported the Spanish Republican side and sent many I-16 fighters. This one was captured by the Nationalists and turned against its former owners.
100_1013	Polikarpov	I-16	Seems like just about everybody used the little Russian fighter. This was a Chinese plane.
100_1019	Polikarpov	I-16	The Spanish Republicans had a lot of I-16s since they were being supported by the Russians.
100_1072	Polikarpov	I-16	An early I-16 in natural aluminum.
100_2314	Polikarpov	I-16 UTI	Polikarpov designed this two-seater, fixed landing gear trainer version of the I-16 fighter.
100_1069	Polikarpov	I-17	This fighter, with its over-sized propeller, was way ahead of its time in 1934. It remained in service until 1942.
100_1958	Polikarpov	I-180S	This 1938 fighter was the final development of the I-16 series. Because of two fatal accidents, production was dropped after 13 were built.
100_0870	Polikarpov	Po-2	The Czechs had some of these Russian reconnaissance planes. Po-2s were built in greater numbers than any biplane ever---some 40,000.
100_1078	Polikarpov	Po-2	The Soviets used this old biplane for reconnaissance and especially for night intruder missions, many of which were flown by female pilots.
100_1076	Polikarpov	R-5	Observation plane.
100_2021	Shcherbakov	Shche-2	A little-known light transport, it first joined combat in 1944 as an ambulance and for dropping supplies to partisans. Built from scratch.
100_1091	Schawrow	Sch-2	I had never heard of this tiny amphibian plane until I built this great little kit. However, it had an immense reputation in Russia due to many spectacular exploits, especially Arctic rescues.
100_1102	Sukhoi	Su-1	Sukhoi didn’t just build ground-attack aircraft; they also made fighters.
100_1066	Sukhoi	Su-2	There were more of the radial-engine version than the water-cooled one.
100_1062	Sukhoi	Su-5	Sukhoi, like Mikoyan, tried their hand at a piston-driven interceptor with rocket assist.
100_1054	Sukhoi	Su-6	There also seems to be some confusion as to the numbering of these early Sukhoi ground attack planes. I believe that the water-cooled engine version is the Su-6. I modified a radial-engined Su-2 kit.
100_1957	Sukhoi	Su-9	First flown in 1946, the SU-9 was a pretty straightforward copy of the Me 262. It even used Russian copies of the original Jumo 004-B engines. It was a little lighter and faster than the Me 262, but did not go into production.
100_2058	TsAGI	Omega I	One of the early Russian helicopters was designed by Prof. Ivan P. Bratukhin. Design started in 1939 and the prototype flew in 1941, but the war delayed development until 1946. Built from scratch.
100_0885	Tupolev	SB-2	Russia supplied 200 of these fine bombers to the Spanish Republican side.
100_1010	Tupolev	SB-2	The SB-2 formed the core of Chinese bombing strength.
100_1065	Tupolev	SB-2	All-white winter camouflage, and skis.
100_1944	Tupolev	SB-2	This captured SB-2 wears German colors.
101_0050	Tupolev	TB-3	A very large and clunky heavy bomber. Its open pilot and gun positions must have been torture in Russian winters. It was the backbone of Russian bomber strength before the war, but its obsolescence caused it to be relegated to dropping paratroopers. This Russian kit actually came with all the internal wing ribs, as though anybody cared. It made it a real pain to put together.
100_1052	Tupolev	Tu-2	This fast bomber was very popular with its crews and enjoyed a long career.
100_1067	Yakovlev	UT-1	The Russians lost the majority of their air force within a few weeks of the German sneak attack on June 22, 1941. They were reduced to desperate expedients such as strapping a pair of Lewis guns on top of the wings of this tiny trainer.
100_2014	Yakovlev	UT-2	The UT-2 was widely used in Russia as a primary trainer. Designed in 1935, some were still in use in 1957. Built from scratch.
100_1100	Yakovlev	Yak-1	This was the aircraft of Lt. Lily Litvyak, an ace and one of thousands of Russian women pilots who flew combat against the Germans.
100_1097	Yakovlev	Yak-1M	This aircraft belonged to the Free French Normandie-Niemen air regiment fighting alongside the Russians.
100_1056	Yakovlev	Yak-2	This petite ground attack aircraft is not particularly well-known.
100_1092	Yakovlev	Yak-3	The Yak-3 model had smaller wings and was an excellent dogfighter. The Germans learned not to tangle with it at low altitudes.
100_2195	Yakovlev	Yak-3	The Yak-3 was designed specifically for low-level combat, at which it dominated the German Me 109s and Fw 190s. This one belonged to the Free French Normandie-Niemen group, fighting in Russia.
100_1099	Yakovlev	Yak-3	Quite an unusual camouflage scheme, 1944.
100_1074	Yakovlev	Yak-6	The Russians had a lot of these light utility planes. This one was armed and was used for light bombing duties.
100_1101	Yakovlev	Yak-6	This was Normandie-Niemen's transport, with skis, but without guns.
100_1081	Yakovlev	Yak-7V	The Yakovlev series of fighters had its own trainer version. Modified kit.
100_2293	Yakovlev	Yak-9D	After the war, the Russians allowed the Poles to wear their national insignia.
100_1098	Yakovlev	Yak-9D	A long-range escort version. Some were used to protect American B-17s on their shuttle missions from England to Russia and back.
100_2179	Yakovlev	Yak-9T	A Yugoslav deserter flew this Yak-9T across the Adriatic to Italy. The Russian star was superimposed on Australian roundels.
100_1286	Yakovlev	Yak-l5	Russia was in a hurry to get a jet fighter, so they took a Yak-3, deleted the piston engine, and strapped a jet engine under the nose. The normal landing gear was retained. Since I had used my Yak-15 kit to make a Messerschmitt P.1106, I made this Yak-15 from scratch. It would have been smarter to make the Yak from the kit and scratch-build the P.1106.
100_2297	Yakovlev	Yak-l7	The Yak-17 flew post-war with several Communist air forces, like this one in Czech colors. The front wheel didn't even retract fully!
100_1089	Yermolayev	Yer-2	An obscure Russian bomber that was made in the hundreds, but suffered from numerous problems and had an appalling loss rate.