2 x RC 1/4 SCALE AIRWORLD LOCKHEED F-104 STARFIGHTERS DISPLAY - JMA AT DEENTHORPE AIRFIELD - 2021

BOTH THESE STARFIGHTERS ARE 1/4 SCALE AND BOTH ARE BUILT FROM AIRWOLD KITS, THE GERMAN CAMO MODEL IS OWNED BY STEVE JOHNSON AND IS POWERED BY A KINGTECH 260 GAS TURBINE, THE JAPANESE CAMO MODEL IS POWERED BY A BF 300N TURBINE, BUILT & PAINTED BY THE PILOT / OWNER PAUL METCALF, SPAN - 1.8 MTR, LENGTH - MTR, AUW - 27KG, PAUL CHOSE THE JASDF COLOR SCHEME AS NOT SEEN BEFORE, THE RETRACTS ARE HYDRAULIC POWERED FOR RELIABILITY, LIGHTS BY UNILIGHT, MODEL PILOT BY TAILORED PILOTS, THE DECALS ARE BY TAILOR MADE, A MIXTURE OF DRY RUB WATERSLIDE & PAINT MASKS, PAULS USEING SPEKTRUM RADIO WITH A POWERBOX & I3E GYRO FITTED, Role - Interceptor aircraft, fighter-bomber National origin - United States Manufacturer - Lockheed First flight - 17 February 1956 (YF-104A) Introduction - 20 February 1958 Retired - 31 October 2004 (Italy) Status - Retired from military service; in use with civilian operators as warbirds Primary users - United States Air Force German Air Force Japan Air Self-Defence Force Turkish Air