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Description:

IAR IAR-81 BoPi In the late 1930s, the Polish PZL P.11 and P.24 all-metal, high wing fighter planes were produced under licence by I.A.R., Industria Aeronautica Romana. As it was quite clear that such type of design was nearing obsolescence and the future belonged to low wing fighters with retractable undercarriage and enclosed canopy, a design team led by Ion Grosu was formed with the aim to project a modern warplane of such sort. Using the P.24's fuselage structure, a new fighter plane was created and named the I.A.R.80. The first prototype airframe was fitted with the I.A.R. 14K-IIc32 fourteenécylinder, double-row radial, delivering 870 hp and was taken aloft for the first time on April 4, 1939. The new fighter had performance approaching that of contemporary foreign designs like the Hurricane, P-36, MS 406 and Bf-109D. Various changes to the plane's armament led to the I.A.R.80 A, B and C sub-versions being created, and also the I.A.R.81 C which was designed for the fighter-bomber role in the spring of 1941. A specialised dive bomber version, the I.A.R.81 BoPi was also built, fitted with a hinged underbelly bomb rack of design similar to that of the Stuka. When the bomb was released during the dive, the rack swung it outside the propeller arc. Two batches of the BoPi version were built, machines c/n 91-105 and c/n 151-175
The Romania Air Force's fighter and ground attack units were equipped with the I.A.R.80/81 type right from the beginning of the country's involvement in the Second World War and until the end of hostilities. Fifty I.A.R.80s were in service during the attack against the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941. The 6th Group (61st and 62nd squadrons) and the 8th Group (41st and 60th Squadrons) were engaged at Stalingrad front during the autumn of 1942. 1 August 1943 saw I.A.R.80 & 81s defending the Ploiesti oil plants from attack by USAAF B-24 Liberators, during 'Operation Tidal Wave', when the Rumanian fighters downed some of the heavy bombers. On 10 June 1944, I.A.R.81Cs from 6th Fighter Group confronted P-38 Lightnings belonging to the USAAF 82nd and 1st FG (American pilots mistakenly reported having fought Fw-190As).
Romania joined the Allies on 24 August 1944, and changed back the national insignia worn by its aircraft from crosses to traditional blue, yellow and red roundels. Being under Soviet command, the I.A.R.80/81 units saw combat over Hungary and later also during the liberation of Czechoslovakia over the areas of Moravia and Slovakia, where they enjoyed and suffered their final victories and losses. Remaining airframes of the 80/81 type kept on serving in Romania until the 1950s, some of them also being rebuilt in 1950 to advanced trainer version known as the I.A.R.81DC.
In the box adorned with a bomb-laden I.A.R.81 BoPi airplane, the modeller will find in total seven injection moulded sprues made using steel tools, one clear styrene sprue with canopy parts and other smaller clear items, nicely detailed set of resin parts and a fret of photo etches. The model comes complete with the centre-line rack bomb and underwing bombs and their racks. The decals offer four Romanian options, two of them in a three-tone scheme, the other two in two-tone camouflage.

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Special Hobby

Code Number:

SH32073

Scale:

1:32

Item type:

Aircraft kits (injection)

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£39.38

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	CMK/Czech Master Kits - CMQ32283 - 1:32	IAR IAR-80A/IAR-81 Mid Production Mainwheels This set offers anti-slipping tread pattern mainwheels with nicely detailed hubs Created using 3D. (designed to be used with Frrom and Special Hobby kits) More	Aircraft wheels (resin)	Catalogue	£4.70
	CMK/Czech Master Kits - CMQ32291 - 1:32	IAR IAR-81C Late Main wheels (designed to be used with Frrom and Special Hobby kits) The set offers mainwheels with nicely detailed hub area. The tyres come with very fine tread. Designed for Special Hobby and Azur/Frrom kits of Rumanian I.A.R.-80/81 fighter and dive bomber aircraft. 3D designed and master marts produced on a 3D printer. More	Aircraft wheels (resin)	Catalogue	£4.70
	Montex - MXMM32152 - 1:32	IAR IAR-81C Rumanian fighter 2 canopy frame paint mask (inside & outside) insignia and markings masks (designed to be used with Fromm-Azur and Special Hobby kits) More	Aircraft paint masks (self adhesive)	Catalogue	£6.70
	Montex - MXSM32152 - 1:32	IAR IAR-81C Rumanian fighter canopy masks (designed to be used with Frrom-Azur and Special Hobby kits) More	Aircraft paint masks (self adhesive)	Catalogue	£4.99
	Scale Aircraft Conversions - SAC32087 - 1:32	IAR IAR-81C Rumanian fighter Landing Gear (designed to be used with Frrom-Azur and Special Hobby kits) More	Aircraft detailing sets (metal)	Catalogue	£18.99
	Yahu Models - YML3204 - 1:32	IAR IAR-81C (designed to be used with Frrom-Azur and Special Hobby kits) Photoetched instrument panels. Coloured. For personal assembly More	Aircraft detailing sets (etched)	Catalogue	£8.30

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