POST F-104 FINDS AND DISCUSSION HERE

digger · Post by **digger** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:19 am

October 25, 2005--The container carrying the 21st Century 1:18 Rall Me-109, F-104C, and F-104G has arrived in port and is awaiting US Customs inspection. We have begun processing the Preorders (along with some August Prepaid Preorders) for these items and expect them to ship out later this week.

I hope you AC guys saved up during that dry spell.

vulgarvulture · Post by **vulgarvulture** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:41 am

4 is not enough, Marines, USAFVietnam,USAR&modern, Gemany,USN,England,Japan,Greece,Turkey and thats my shot list and that 10
Phantoms Phorever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I really don't give a rat's ass about a Phantom in 1:18.

KAGNEW · Post by **KAGNEW** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:15 am

WHY doyou have that quote at bottom of your post then?

vulgarvulture · Post by **vulgarvulture** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:21 am

Note the wink at the end. Just a bad attempt at humor on my part I guess.

There's no bigger proponent than me of seeing a 1:18 F-4 made, TRUST me.

KAGNEW · Post by **KAGNEW** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:33 am

are you a member of the F-4 discusion group on yahoo?
i have some F-4 pix posted there

Folkwulfe · Post by **Folkwulfe** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:19 pm

Ditto...just got my "Marine" F-104 yesterday and am very impressed. My only complaint is the pilot doesn't fit into the cockpit very well. Maybe more to scale than intended? Anyway, a very welcome addition to the collection...now I can't wait for the Vietnam version! As for the push for an F-4, brother do you have another proponent!!! Phantoms rule <wink wink, nudge nudge> and I can't come up with any other aircraft that wore so many different paint schemes or did so many jobs. Phantoms Phorever!

Jericoeagle1 · Post by **Jericoeagle1** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:24 pm

Folkwulfe wrote:Ditto...just got my "Marine" F-104 yesterday and am very impressed. My only complaint is the pilot doesn't fit into the cockpit very well. Maybe more to scale than intended? Anyway, a very welcome addition to the collection...now I can't wait for the Vietnam version! As for the push for an F-4, brother do you have another proponent!!! Phantoms rule <wink wink, nudge nudge> and I can't come up with any other aircraft that wore so many different paint schemes or did so many jobs. Phantoms Phorever!

You have to remove the parachute for the pilot to fit in the F-104

Folkwulfe · Post by **Folkwulfe** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:37 pm

I never put it on him....has something to do with the legroom. No matter how I try him, he is sitting a little tall in the seat and the canopy bumps his head. I forced him down far enough to close it, but just barely.

KAGNEW · Post by **KAGNEW** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:21 am

got my F-104G last nite. what a beauty.
now lets have a F-4E to go with it

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:24 am

Folkwulfe wrote:I never put it on him....has something to do with the legroom. No matter how I try him, he is sitting a little tall in the seat and the canopy bumps his head. I forced him down far enough to close it, but just barely.

You have to try to work it in. It was difficult for me to get my pilot into my USAF F-104 at first. There seems to be a little ledge or ridge the the figure's feet catch. Bend the legs up at the knee joints as much as they will go, and then try to get the legs to go in and up over the little ridge. The space is narrow, so watch that the legs don't catch elsewhere.

KAMIKAZE · Post by **KAMIKAZE** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:24 am

I hate Phantoms too!

Welcome to the forum Phantom. Sent you a PM.

Mark

Jericoeagle1 · Post by **Jericoeagle1** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:48 am

Its no secret I want an A-10 but boy I'd love to have a couple of F-4's to a Vietnam Version and one flown by the Israeli Air Force, too cool.

Shin Densetsu · Post by **Shin Densetsu** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:40 am

Hey guys, I might finally be venturing into the 1/18 craze this x mas and I am very intrigued by this bird! Does anyone have links to a pictorial review? I have seen reviews but not very many pics unfortunately!

KAGNEW · Post by **KAGNEW** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:23 am

where do you live in va?
1 live in Charlottesville. i have both F-104s
you can look real close, if it's not far from where you live.

Shin Densetsu · Post by **Shin Densetsu** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:03 pm

richmond/va beach.

Haven't been looking much due to being busy with school so I may order it for x mas or a b day or something. I just wanted to know if there was a pictorial review on a website or something. I did read the reviews here, and it sounds very exciting!

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:20 pm

Shin Densetsu wrote:richmond/va beach.

Haven't been looking much due to being busy with school so I may order it for x mas or a b day or something. I just wanted to know if there was a pictorial review on a website or something. I did read the reviews here, and it sounds very exciting!

You can check it out here:

http://www.21stcenturytoys.com/

supersonicfifi · Post by **supersonicfifi** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 4:24 pm

i found this site a few month ago for some VERY specials F 18 repaints and now this :

http://www.phantom-us.com/ver1/airplain.html

does anybody know some japenese translators !

digger · Post by **digger** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 9:38 pm

S4 Bavarian is on the water and should be here in a few weeks

superado · Post by **superado** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 12:53 am

Any fans of the Starfighter in the movie, The Right Stuff? Supposedly, the real Starfighter Yeager flew was the NF-104 without the wings' fuel pods and a longer vertical fin and engine exhaust than the version used in the movie. Nonetheless, it's that sequence in the movie that's impressed me since I first saw it and I want to model a screen-approximate version out of 21C's Starfighter, which brings me to these questions: (1) Does anyone make basic US AIR FORCE insignia in 1/18th scale? (2) What's the likelihood that 21C will consider making an NF-104 version of the Starfighter, or better yet, an F-104 made to look like the movie version? Thanks!

digger · Post by **digger** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:45 am

I see both Starfighters are back in stock at BCA for those who missed them. They also have all the 109Gs in stock.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 9:18 am

That Hackl ME-109G is so tempting...

...fight the repaint purchase urge and save for the Avenger... fight the repaint urge and save for the Avenger!

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 4:20 pm

I'm wondering when we're going to see the S2 and S4 versions up for preorder. They've been "on the water" for a few weeks now and no pre order has been posted. Kind of strange....

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:26 pm

Has anyone contacted Bad Cat about the status of the S2 and S4 F-104?

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:59 pm

I've contacted Bad Cat a couple of times about when the S2 and S4 F-104s will arrive. The website says that as of 11/9/05 they were "on the water" and would be there soon. I was told over the phone that when they recieve a confirmed ship date they would put them up for pre-order. I thought that when they were "on the water" they were being shipped? Anyone know how long it takes for the ship to travel from there to here?

Gunner · Post by **Gunner** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:09 am

Hong Kong to Long Beach can be as short as 13 days (on a direct sailing - i.e. a vessel that doesn't make any other stops).

Average transit time is 45-60 days for a container, plus customs times on each end (containers usually need to arrive no less than 3 days before sailing, sometimes 5, and customs can take anywhere from 0 to 30 days, just depending on if someone's pissed off the custom's inspector lately.)

Of course, I've know of containers that took MUCH longer than that. (I'll post the story in the OT area...)

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