Sunday, August 9, 2015

Final product photos HA1031 F-104G Starfighter 20+05.

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA1031 Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 20+05, Luftwaffe, mid 1980s.

Starfighter 20+05 was built by Lockheed as F-104G model 683-10-19 c/n 683-2005 with its first flight in 1960 in Palmdale, California. After 50 hours of testing it was airlifted on April 1961 to Germany. 

It was used as an instructional aircraft until July 1967 and sent to Messerschmitt for upgrading and a new camo paint scheme. On June 18, 1968 the aircraft went to JaboG 34 and withdrawn from service in October 1987. 

The aircraft had 3,044 flight hours and was sold to the Turkish AF January 4, 1988.






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