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Museum quality MD500 Defender wood model helicopter, perfect gift for pilots and collectors.

Model Helicopter: Hughes 500 Israel
Material: Mahogany
Manufacturer: Hughes Helicopters/MD Helicopters
Company: Israeli Air Force

Model Airplane Factory, makers of hand made model helicopters, presents to you our Hughes Defender 500 helicopter. Every part and detail of the MD Defender 500 helicopter model wood is given equal attention to retain the actual specification of the Hughes Defender 500. The details of the MD500 Defender such as the insignia, logos, body number, and squadron are carefully and artistically painted in the Hughes 500 Israel model wood helicopter for precision. After passing through several stages of sanding and priming, our talented artists paint and detail the MD 500 Defender Israel helicopter with historically correct markings of the Hughes Defender 500. Hughes Defender 500 model wooden helicopter includes hand-made armaments to represent real weapon loads based on the original Hughes 500 Israel. Hughes Defender 500 model helicopter is hand carved from solid mahogany and completely hand painted. The MD 500 Defender Israel helicopter model wooden is meticulously carved and painted to reflect the true detail of the original MD Defender 500. This MD500 Defender model made of mahogany comes with a metal stand and wooden base.


The helicopter was popular with customers like Kenya who could buy a capable anti-armour helicopter for less than half the cost of a gunship such as the AH-1 Cobra or the AH-64 Apache. Israel used the Defender extensively during the conflicts of the late 1970s and 1980s against Syrian armored forces.

MD 500 Defender Israel Model is a made-to-order model. Production & Delivery time for a Made To Order model is approximately 8-10 weeks.

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