Shavrov Sh-2 

This small plane was the first soviet flying boat produced in quantities, at the beginning of thirties.
Powered by the extremely reliable Shvetsov M-11, the same engine of the most produced aircraft in the history: the Polikarpov Po-2. It looks fragile, but was a sturdy ship. It was used in many roles: liaisons, VIP transport, ambulance, air rescue, etc.
Wheels should be arise by a handle that was to be operated by the pilot manually, causing a characteristic sinusoidal pattern when he was rotating it.
 
It's a fatal attraction to me...bring to my mind the most obscure and remote soviet Russian era, in the romantic sense... a black leather jacket pilot with mounting trousers and Tin-tin (and Milú) as a passenger flying to a far site in Siberia.

The kit is the 1/72 A-Model, a little gem indeed, but a poor transparent plastic parts. Molded in soft plastic, is very easy work on it. I select a classical military soviet scheme -green and light blue- but with a civilian register number and with a name "Главрыба" in the nose. This was the name of a number of government organizations in the management of the fishing industry that existed in the years 1918-1923 and then from 1931 according to "ruskiy" wikipedia.