„Ilja Muromets“ – „Kijevskij“ – the Russian heavy bomber

Work on one of the world's largest World War I bombers "Russkij Vitiazj" and "Ilya Muromec" began in 1912. When on September 11, 1913 the first large 4-engine aircraft “Russkij Vitiaz” of the “Russko-Baltiiskij” factory was destroyed, the factory decided to start building an improved version of it, named "Ilya Muromets". The main designer of both planes was I. Sikorski. In addition to the fact, that the wingspan was increased from 27 m to 32 m, the new plane is equipped with 4 more powerful water-cooled “Argus” engines of 110 h. p. power everyone. On December 11, 1913 "Ilya Muromets" achieved a record by lifting a load of 1100 kg. Later, they poured out as if from a cornucopia. Bombers of this type were produced in several series, which differed significantly from each other in terms of dimensions, engines, and their power and carrying capacity. They were all widely used in World War I and the Russian Civil War. After the wars, some of them were converted into cargo and passenger airplanes and used on long-distance lines such as Moscow - Kharkiv. "Kijevskij" was the first serial modification of "Ilya Muromets" (series B). This name was given, because the first machine was tested on a long-distance flight from Moscow to Kiev with a landing in Orsha on June 16-17, 1914. The trace was completed in 12 hours. 30 minutes flight time.

A large, complex, well-detailed, well-designed model for intermediate to advanced modelers. But not so complex, that it could not be assembled by a modeler with little experience, working under the supervision of a more experienced colleague. From the publication you can glue together a model of a Russian WWI heavy bomber„Ilja Muromets“ – „Kijevskij“.