Mil Mi-8 'Hip' Available kits in 1:72 scale
The original Mi-8 kit boxtop from KP
Contents of the KP kit - courtesy Johnopfor.
Another boxing of the KP kit.....
....and another variation.
Revell kit #4423 - a re-boxing of the KP kit with new decals...
Contents of the Revell kit - exactly the same as KP.
Italeri kit # 021 - another re-boxing of the KP kit.
Contents of the Italeri kit - exactly the same as KP.
Zvezda kit # 7253 - a brand new mould.
Contents of the Zvezda kit - note the separate clamshell doors. The windscreen is still wrong though.
Zvezda kit #7230 - same kit re-boxed.
Zvezda kit #7254 - same kit re-boxed
Revell kit #04477 - a re-boxing of the Zvezda kit - courtesy Johnopfor
Revell kit #04477 same as Zvezda kit - photo courtesy Johnopfor.
New Hobby Boss kit #87221 - purporting to be a Mi-8T - 'Hip-C' (which it isn't!)
Contents of the Hobby Boss kit.
Hobby Boss Mi-8MT/Mi-17 kit #87208 - note that both kits are exactly the same and
both represent a second generation Mi-8MT or export Mi-17.
Ken Duffey
April 2009