The Lockheed F-104G Starfighter first entered service in 1958 and saw action in the Vietnam war.
This high quality plastic kit is a to scale model that will require assembly and may require additional tools, sold separately.
The F-104G was the most produced version of the F-104 family, a multi-role fighter-bomber with a total of 1,127 aircraft produced. They were manufactured by Lockheed, then under license by Canadair and a consortium of European companies that included Messerschmitt/MBB, Fiat, Fokker and SABCA. The type featured a reinforced fuselage, wing and empennage structure; larger vertical fin with fully powered rudder as used on two-seat versions; fully powered brakes, new anti-skid system and larger tires; revised flaps for better combat maneuverability; and a larger braking slide. Upgraded avionics included an Autonetics NASARR F15A-41B radar with air-to-air, ground mapping, contour mapping and terrain avoidance modes, as well as a Litton LN-3 inertial navigation system (a first on a production fighter).