1/48 Trumpeter Mi-8MT Hip-H Plastic Model Kit

Mi-8MT entered series production at the Kazan Helicopter Plant in 1977. From the following year onwards it was powered by modernized TV3-117MT Series III engines. At first the number of helicopters powered by TV3-117 engines was consider­ably smaller than the number of the preceding versions with TV2-117s, but hostilities in Afghanistan prompted the Soviet military to reconsider their ordering policy, and by the mid-1980s the Mi-8MT and its derivatives became the plant’s main product. By 2001 the Kazan plant had turned out more than 3,000 helicopters powered by TV3-117MT and TV3-117VM engines.

In 1981 the Mi-8MT made its international debut at the 34th Paris Air Show. For advertising and marketing reasons the export version was allocated a new des­ignation, Mi-17,It has six external hard points. The Mi-17 is provided with missiles, bombs, small arms and cannons.

Kit Features:

• Scale:1:48
• Item Type:Plastic Model Aircraft Kit
• Model Brief:Length: 525.5mm Rotor Diameter: 443.7mm
• Total Parts:270+
• Photo Etched Parts:1 piece
• Total Sprues:14 sprues
• More Features:- Detailed fuselage w/accurate design
  – Canopy made from clear parts
  – Finely detailed cockpit,gear cabin,
  – Photo-etched parts included