Hasegawa 1/48 F-104 Starfighter Vietnam 479th Model Kit

The Lockheed F-104C Starfighter in 479th Tactical Fighter Wing markings from Vietnam War service. Kelly Johnson's "missile with a man in it" served briefly in Vietnam as a fighter-bomber, its incredible speed offset by limited payload and the tiny straight wings that made low-altitude maneuvering challenging in the humid Southeast Asian environment. The 479th TFW deployed to Da Nang in 1965. This 1/48 scale Hasegawa kit captures the Starfighter's impossibly slender fuselage and razor-thin wings in the Southeast Asia camouflage scheme.