F-104 Starfighter  

Scale 1 : 10.5

Wing span 920mm

Fully fiber glass, fuselage reinforced with carbon and carbon-kevlar cloth, wing connectors already glued in place, ailerons and elevator with Elastic Flaps. Our kit is designed for small gas turbines like the Lambert Kolibri Microturbine, the Wren MW44 Gold or 90mm EDF

Kit consists of fuselage with access hatch, wings and elevator with Elastic Flaps can be built either with ailerons only or with ailerons and flaps, fiber glass canopy frame and a clear canopy.

To complete the Starfighter you only need to fit your electronics and engine and do the paint works.

Parts of the kit

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Jane with assembled F-104 Starfighter

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Large F-104 kit

Scale 1 : 6.5

Lenght approximately 2500mm

This kit is still in in development stage

and will be available in  2008.

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Lockheed F-104 Starfighter

- Background information on the original -

Experience in the Korean War showed that the US Air Force was in need of a new interceptor capable of high speeds and climb rates to engage Russian MiG-15s and bombers. The solution adopted by Lockheed was a small, lightweight design with a powerful engine called the F-104 Starfighter. Though capable of speeds exceeding Mach 2 and of reaching altitudes exceeding 90,000 ft, the Starfighter suffered from limited range, poor turn radius, limited payload capacity, and unforgiving flight characteristics. The F-104 was used for a time by both the Strategic Air Command as an interceptor and the Tactical Air Command as a fighter bomber. Due to its limitations, however, production was stopped in 1959 and the aircraft withdrawn from front-line service in 1960.
Nevertheless, the Starfighter was given a new lease on life when West Germany accepted the updated F-104G as its primary fighter. Compared with the earlier USAF models, the F-104G featured much improved avionics and better low-level strike capabilities. The significantly more capable F-104G model soon attracted customers throughout Europe and Asia as well as Canada. Though only 296 examples had been built for the USAF, an additional 2,282 F-104 fighters were built for US allies. These exceptional aircraft served for many years but were finally withdrawn from service by the mid-1990s.

The final variant to see service was the F-104S built under license by Alenia in Italy. Sold to both the Italian and Turkish air forces, the F-104S proved to be cost-effective, reliable, and popular among pilots. These aircraft were continually updated through the 1980s and 1990s under the ASA program, but Italy's F-104 fleet was finally retired and replaced by the F-16 in October 2004.

Technical Data for F-104G