Ilyushin Il-2 Bark (Shturmovik) - Smer 1/72

Modeling Subjects Aircraft
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Ilyushin Il-2 Bark (Shturmovik), ground attack aircraft

210e GShAP, winter 1941-1942, Novoaleksandrovka (Crimea)
7 GShAP, March 1942, Southern Front
Pilot: Major Nicolay A. Zub

Kit: Smer 0865, 1/72
Decals: Smer en Print Master
Base: Busch nr. 1317 Snow clad steppe
Figurine set: Soviet Air Force Ground Crew, Zvezda 6187; pilot by Airfix

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The pics with the ground crew really give it life.

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Very nice. But it was Bark after WWII at the start of the cold War when the USSR became our adversary

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Thank you for pointing that out. I just checked and you are correct. Bark was the NATO name for the Il-8 and Il-10 versions.