The Polikarpov I-16 In Profile & Scale, (Paperback)

This thoroughly updated Third Edition of the first Profile & Scale series details the Polikarpov I-16 family comprehensively. Numerous well known I-16 examples are faithfully documented in full-colour profile, some of which are all-new. Perhaps most importantly, the work contains many pages of original, never previously published scale line drawings (in 1:48). The line drawings are the culmination of nearly 25 years' dedicated work on such scale details, and should present the most complete, accurate and illuminating such work anywhere at the present time. The volume is now updated to the latest I-16 family research. Readers will find many I-16 family myths put to rest, and at long last many hitherto confused or inaccurate details rectified. Full five-side views (top, bottom, port, starboard, front) are provided for all of the major production models of the I-16. The scale line drawings are complimented by unique shading block artwork which illuminates the aircraft's various shapes, bumps and curves using a 3D rendering of the Type 24. Many of the colour profiles represent examples which will be familiar to most students of the I-16, albeit completed to the utmost standard of accuracy. However, several profiles will doubtless be new even to experienced readers. The book should delight both the casual reader and the serious student, equally.