Zvezda Aircraft Models 1/72 Scale #7271 Soviet Fighter ANT-5

IN THE MID-20S, THERE WAS A NEED TO CREATE A NEW FIGHTER FOR THE SOVIET AIR FORCE, WHICH WOULD NOT BE INFERIOR TO ITS WESTERN COUNTERPARTS. ALL SOVIET FIGHTERS OF THE LATE 1920S WERE THE FIRST IN SOMETHING. I-4 WAS THE FIRST DOMESTIC ALL-METAL FIGHTER. IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 1920S, THE FIGHTER AVIATION OF THE RED ARMY AIR FORCE WAS STILL LARGELY DEPENDENT ON THE SUPPLY OF AIRCRAFT FROM ABROAD. THE DUTCH FOKKERS AND THE ENGLISH MARTINSIDES WERE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF ITS FLEET. TO REPLACE THEM, THE LEADERSHIP OF THE AIR FORCE ORDERED THE DESIGN BOARDS OF THE COUNTRY TO DESIGN A RANGE OF FIGHTERS OF VARIOUS TYPES. IN THE FALL OF 1925, THE TASK FOR AN ALL-METAL FIGHTER WITH AN AIR-COOLED ENGINE FIRST APPEARED. THIS TASK WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CORRECTED SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS FINALLY APPROVED BY THE STC OF THE UHVS ONLY ON JULY 7, 1927, WHEN THE PLANE WAS ALMOST READY.