Lisunov Li-2 (PS-84, Douglas DC-3) - USSR passenger-transport aircraft

Li-2 (PS-84) aircraft were produced from 1938 to 1953, during this time 4,937 aircraft were produced. Li-2T is a Soviet transport plane, created on the basis of the PS-84 plane - a licensed copy of the American Douglas DC-3 plane, by the way, the Li-2T modification was already created after the war. The aircraft were in service until the mid-1970s, outliving, for example, the Il-12, which was designed to replace it. The aircraft is equipped with two ASch-62IR radial engines, manufactured by the USSR - a single-row star-shaped air-cooled piston carburetor engine with a centrifugal compressor. Maximum power - 1000 h. p. Li-2 aircraft were equipped with a pneumatic autopilot, which allowed the aircraft to be stabilized in flight, when manual controls were abandoned, as well, as to perform takeoff, glide, flat turns and turns automatically.

A fairly complex, well-designed, well-detailed and well-printed model for this scale, only intended for intermediate and advanced modelers. The outer cladding parts are printed with "Metallic" type paint, perfectly detailed cabin (control only) equipment, chassis and its niches, external details. The engines are detailed as far, as they can be seen from the front. The graphic instructions are good, the textual ones are small, but perfectly complement the graphics. The only drawback - there is no color stock, so You will haven't to make a mistakes.