GeneK Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Academy has a 1/72 F-104G, but this listing is for a C model. Since the boxart shows a refueling probe, it may be the Italeri kit. Evidently due in September. Anyone have more info about this kit? Gene K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Boyer Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Hmm. Yeah, it has the refueling probe shown, but the rudder is of a G/J model. The foreshortening in the painting is too extreme, making the tail look too large and nose too small. I don't know which kit it will be or if it is new, but my favorite for the C model in 1/72 scale is the Revell/Monogram. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quixote74 Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 The Revell/Monogram tooling would be my guess, its being made for both the C and G variants (with appropriate optional parts) might explain the confusion in the marketing images. Academy's own G-model dates from their Minicraft era and is one to avoid - a poor copy of the already mediocre first-generation Hasegawa tooling (not to be confused with their excellent 2nd generation F-104 family). I picked one up years ago without knowing what to expect and was shocked to find a *swaybacked* Starfighter in the box! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeneK Posted June 30, 2022 Author Share Posted June 30, 2022 12 hours ago, Paul Boyer said: ... my favorite for the C model in 1/72 scale is the Revell/Monogram. For sure. I just pulled one out of storage to "stick" together this morning ... to see how my F-4 3D printed exhausts fit. Short can for the 104C, and long for the G. @Quixote74 Has Academy ever reboxed Revell/Monogram? I know they've gone the other direction. I like the new generation Hasegawa G models because, among other things, they have full J-79 afterburner tubes, as well as opening canopies. Gene K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quixote74 Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 2 hours ago, GeneK said: Has Academy ever reboxed Revell/Monogram? I know they've gone the other direction. Not my normal scale of choice but I understood the Academy 1/32 Phantom is Revell's tooling. Not aware of other examples, but that's not to say they aren't out there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeneK Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 To answer my own question - the "new" Academy F-104C is a Revell repop. I can't tell from the instructions what the "new parts" are - likely the decals. Still ... a nice kit at a very reasonable price. Gene K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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