Yakovlev YAK-7B

Plastic model kit for building a Soviet Yak-7B fighter aircraft

• Scale 1:48
• Length (built): 177 mm
• 223 parts
• Detailed cockpit and engine replica
• Cowl open or closed
• Landing gear extended or retracted
• with display stand
• 4 marking options
• Unbuilt, unpainted
• Paint and glue not included

The Yak-7B fighter is an improved version of the Yak-7. It received a modified M-105PF engine producing 1,180 hp and improved armament through the replacement of the ShKAS machine guns with two 12.7 mm UBS machine guns. Later versions of the aircraft received a lowered cowling and a teardrop-shaped cockpit canopy. The aircraft was manufactured in two factories – in Novosibirsk No. 153 from August 1942 to December 1943 and in Moscow No. 82 from May 1942 to July 1944. A total of 5,120 Yak-7B M-105PF aircraft were produced. These aircraft became one of the most important combat aircraft of the Red Army Air Force and fought on all fronts until the end of World War II.