1/48 Trumpeter Mi-8MT Hip-H - 05815 Vallejo Paints The T2 two-seat trainer version

The T2 two-seat trainer version was developed for the operational conversion of British RAF pilots

which was designated OV-10A and given the name Bronco in the armed forces

Fifty plus years later it is among the most highly coveted of the famed Chris-Crafts

The First Step on the Road to Greatness

1/48 Trumpeter Mi-8MT Hip-H - 05815 Vallejo Paints The T2 two-seat trainer versionMi 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