Pieces: 79 Scale: 1:48 Plastic model kit. Requires assembly & painting Glue & paint not included
 | - Detailed landing gear - Removable panel for machine gun bay - Tail section removes to show turbojet engine - Open or closed canopy - Detailed cockpit and pilot - Optional pylon mounted wing tanks or bombs - Decals for 2 aircraft: "Lid-Do-Bee", F-80C-1-LO 49-610 Pilot, Lt. Col. Oliver Cellini 25th FIS, 51st FIW, October, 1950 F-80C-1-LO 49-481 Acrojets Demonstration Team, Williams AFB, Arizona,1949
The Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star was the first turbojet fighter accepted to serve in operational strength with the U.S. Air Force. The F-80 was not only elegant, but extremely fast as well, with its Allison J-33 gas turbine engine it was capable of reaching speeds in excess of 550 miles per hour. |
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