1/48 Trumpeter Mi-8MT Hip-H – 05815

Mi-8MT entered series production at the Kazan Helicopter Plant in 1977. From the following year on, 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.

• 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
• Released Date: 2022-11
• More Features:
  • Detailed fuselage w/accurate design
  • Canopy made from clear parts
  • Finely detailed cockpit, gear cabin,
  • Photo-etched parts included