Mi-6 Hook, Mi-26 Halo??????

Hi Anthony,

Hijacked the answers from the HKN-forum:
The Mi6 appears to have been released by a former Soviet company, named Plastikart. According to some HKN forum members, scale must have been somewhere in between 1:72 and 1:100... The opinions on the quality of the kit vary with the scale estimates.
The Mi26 is (to be?) released in 1:72 by Sanger. Sadly but understandibly it's a vacuform kit. Sanger must have a website, but the URL I have doesn't work.

Good Luck!

Gertjan Zwart

The above mentioned company Plastikart was East German and I don't think anyone is currently reissuing their kits. I've built a couple of their kits and while I'd say they're generally workable, they are a bit rough and the plastic is quite hard and brittle.

The only Mi26 kit I've ever heard of was a 1/144 resin kit, but I can't remember the manufacturer's name.

Oops...Apologies to former East German forum fellows
A 1:144 vacuform kit was released by Aircraft Models.
Regards Gertjan

Thanx for your time, if anything else turns up, please let me know. Does Aircraft Models or Plastikart, or Sanger have a website? I think GeejeeZ said that the Sanger website didn't work....

Thanx again!

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Found this from Hobby Terra:

http://www.hobbyterra.com/product.asp?idProduct=747

I haven't ordered from them and I don't know the kit, but I hope this helps

Imagine this beastie in 1/35, or the like.

Hold your horses on this one: latest news is that Amodel will release an Mi6, and Zvezda an Mi26. Both in 1:72 (too bad Zokissima ).
I Don't know Amodel, but the Zvezda kit will be injection moulded.
Regards, Gertjan

If you are after reference photos for the Mi-26 go to the Helicopter walkaround site. There are heaps of photos of it there including about 70+ that I took in East Timor of the UN Mi-26.