Product Description
When it comes to aircraft used in naval warfare, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force primarily operates anti-submarine patrol aircraft and shipborne anti-submarine helicopters, while countries like the US and France, which possess aircraft carriers, are strongly associated with operating carrier-based aircraft.
However, many countries around the world have navies that independently operate land-based fighter aircraft for anti-ship attacks.
The German Navy's Marine Fliegers (naval air force) operated supersonic jet fighters in a similar capacity to the Imperial Japanese Navy's Type 1 Land Attack Bomber.
The West German Navy valued the F-104G's stability against gusts of wind due to its high wing loading, its high speed of Mach 1.15 at sea level, and its low detection rate due to its small size, rather than the handling difficulties it had demonstrated in the air force.
Skilled in low-altitude, high-speed flight, it was used to launch high-speed attacks at low altitudes beyond enemy radar coverage, carrying anti-ship missiles, and exerted considerable influence in the Baltic and North Sea regions, which were the front lines against the Soviet Union at the time.
This kit precisely reproduces the F-104G adopted by the West German Navy, featuring newly molded chaff and flare dispensers, engine nozzles, navigation lights, and a Mk.GQ7 ejection seat.
The kit includes markings for aircraft belonging to the 1st Naval Air Wing (MFG1) and the 2nd Naval Air Wing (MFG2).
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )
Item Size/Weight : 34.9 x 19.8 x 5.6 cm / 232g
Product Specifications
- Item code
- FX11
- JAN code
- 4536318760115
Purchase Information
This item is limited to 3 per household.