Mil Mi-8MT/Mi-17 Hip-H conversion to Mil Mi-171

This is my first article in ARC. I did this helicopter  in memory of ‘Great Sichuan Earthquake’.
This kit used the Trumpeter Mil Mi-8MT/Mi-17 Hip-H conversion to Mil Mi-171. A lot of accessories I made myself from scratch.

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The accessories scratched by myself as follow:

• -External hoist with 150 kg lifting capacity
• -Heating unit
• -Some parts of main cockpit
• -Internal fuel tank
• -Doppler
• -Main rotor disc with vibration dampers
• -The cover of meteorology antenna
• -8A-813 radar
• - High frequency antenna

This helicopter took about 9 months to research reference materials and build.  It's an interesting work (But it is hard to build).

Enjoy aircraft modeling.=)

Raymond Tsang

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