Zvezda Z7203 - Model Aeroplane - Lavochkin LA5-1:72 Scale

• Product description: plastic model for assembly.
• Minimum age : 14 years.

Lavochkin La-5FN Soviet fighter 1/72 Scale Kit The Soviet La5FN fighter was one of the best and most produced of Russias frontline fighters during WW II. The aircraft was used on all fronts and enjoyed a great reputation among Soviet pilots. Some information on the real Aircraft. The Lavochkin La-5 (Лавочкин Ла-5) was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II. It was a development and refinement of the LaGG-3, replacing the earlier model's inline engine with the much more powerful Shvetsov ASh-82 radial engine. It was one of the Soviet Air Force's most capable types of warplane, able to fight German designs on an equal footing. Development Lavochkin La-5 replica of Capt Georgii Dmitrievich Kostylev's La-5 of the 4th GIAP, White 15 that served in Leningrad 1943, at the Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow, 2005. The La-5's heritage began even before the outbreak of war, with the LaGG-1, a promising yet underpowered aircraft. The LaGG-3 was a modification of that design that attempted to correct this by both lightening the airframe and fitting a more powerful engine. Nevertheless, this was not enough, and the lack of power remained a significant problem. In early 1942 the LaGG-1 and -3's designer Vladimir Gorbunov attempted to correct this deficiency by experimentally fitting a LaGG-3 with the more powerful Shvetsov ASh-82 radial engine. Since the LaGG-3 was powered by an inline engine, they accomplished this by grafting on the nose section of a Sukhoi Su-2 (which used this engine). By now, the shortcomings of the LaGG-3 had caused Lavochkin to fall out of Joseph Stalin's favour, and factories previously assigned to LaGG-3 construction had been turned over to building the rival Yakovlev Yak-1 and Yak-7. The design work, which required that the LaGG-3 be adapted to its new engine and still maintain the aircraft's balance, was undertaken by Lavochkin in a small hut beside an airfield over the winter of 19411942, on a comple