Trumpeter Scale Models 5815 1/48 Mi8 Hip Helicopter

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.

FEATURES:

• Scale: 1:48
• Length: 525mm
• Rotor Diameter: 443mm
• Total Parts: 270+
• Photo Etched Parts: 1 piece
• Total Sprues: 14 sprues