Airfix F-80C Shooting Star Model Kit 1:72
Is $ 18.00
The Airfix F-80C Shooting Star Model Kit is the perfect addition to your Airfix model collection.
The development of the Shooting Star leant heavily on early jet technology supplied by the British. Initially developed around the British Halford H.1 engine taken from the de Havilland Vampire prototype, the project advanced under the strictest secrecy, with a team from 'Skunk Works' producing an airframe in an impressive 143 days.
The Shooting Star showed great promise during testing, attaining a speed of 500mph in level flight, the first turbojet powered USAAF aircraft to do so. Produced just too late to see combat during WWII, two pre-production Shooting Stars were sent to England during WWII for familiarisation purposes, with a further two sent to Italy with the 1st Fighter Group at Lesina.
The F-80C would be used extensively during the Korean War, where the aircraft would equip ten USAAF fighter/fighter bomber squadrons and one reconnaissance unit.
The model kit features sprues and decals, with 52 parts included.
- Size: 14.6 x 4.8 x 16.4cm (5.7 x 1.9 x 6.5 inches)
- Wingspan: 164mm
- 52 pieces
- Scale: 1:72
- Includes sprues and decals
- Skill level: 1
- Ideal for new model collectors!
Airfix F-80C Shooting Star Model Kit 1:72
Product Number - 6710581000
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- Scale
- 1:72
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