Trumpeter 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