The Yakovlev Yak-1 was a World War II Soviet fighter aircraft. Produced from early 1940, it was a single-seat monoplane with a composite structure and wooden wings.

 The Yak-1 was extremely manoeuvrable, fast and well armed, and, just as importantly, it was easy to maintain and reliable.It formed an excellent basis for subsequent developments from the Yakovlev bureau. In fact it was the founder of a family of aircraft, with some 37,000 being built. As a reward, designer Alexander Yakovlev was awarded the Order of Lenin (Russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina) - the highest decoration bestowed by the Soviet Union - a 100,000 ruble prize, plus a Zis motor car.

Kit Contents:

• Plane model
• Assembly instructions 
• Decal - Snr Lt.M.D Baranov Russia Summer 1942
• Decal - version:
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• 21 Air Shelf Eastern Front 1943
• Kapitan Kuznesov 30 shelves Sokolniki February 1942 Winter version