Scroggins Largest Selection of Helicopters

At Scroggins Aviation we are proud to have the largest selection of helicopter mockups (Bucks) available to the film and television industry.

We have several military helicopters:  AH64 Apache, CH47 Chinook, UH60 Black Hawk, UH-1H Huey, CH46 Sea Knight and several civil models that can play as medevac, police or military craft. Scroggins also has several cockpits in its collection:  C-17 Globemaster, Boeing B767 and Airbus A320, just to name a few.  Scroggins is also a full service fabrication/effects house offering a wide range of custom builds, full-size and miniatures.

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Scroggins Aviation supplied a Mi8 Helicopter Mockup & Effects in Triple Frontier.

In Triple Frontier, Scroggins Aviation Mockup & Effects supplied the Russian-made Mi-8 helicopter for the film.  It is shown here on stage placed on a motion base rig (gimbal).

Scroggins made many modifications and fabrication work to the aircraft, including changing the square passenger windows to be round, and also adding a belly door hatch and crew seats.  Scroggins also rebuilt the cockpit and gauges to work on command.

Triple Frontier was released on March 13, 2019.

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Cinefex # 163 Featured Scroggins for the Hueys it Supplied in Bumblebee

Cinefex – the journal to cinematic illustrations

February 2019, issue 163, featured four films including Bumblebee

Transformation– by Graham Edwards

Editor Graham Edwards explains how the cinematic scenes were done to create the film Bumblebee and the different companies that built the set pieces to the digital work behind the visual effects. It also covered Scroggins Aviation Mockup & Effects for supplying and fabricating two UH-1H Huey helicopters. Huey serial no. 67-17496 is known as the “wrecker”, and 65-09781 was used for all the closer shots with the cast and motion base rig (Gimbal).

Bumblebee was released on December 21, 2018

For more on this story visit Cinefex.

For more on the Cockpit Scroggins supplied click here.

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Scroggins Aviation supplies two UH-1H Hueys in Bumblebee

Our crew at Scroggins Aviation would like to thank the producers for giving us the opportunity to work on Bumblebee.

Scroggins Aviation Mockup & Effects supplied two Bell UH-1H Huey helicopters for the film. Shown top and bottom right is serial no. 67-17496, known as the “wrecker”, and bottom left is 65-09781 on a motion base rig for the flight sequence.

Bumblebee was released on December 21, 2018.

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