ESCI / REVELL / MONOGRAM F-104G
 
The ESCI box art shows the kit with no. 9013 with a Tiger scheme. 
The kit is very basic with a fuselage in 4 parts with a separate tail. The plastic is in yellow.

A single part seat is provided suggesting a Martin Baker seat but very basic and hardly cockpit detail. The canopy is one piece and a bit "flat and too wide". A refueling probe is in the kit. (later I found out that the fueltanks which are a bit too small in diameter make the wingspan too large when fitted on the wing tips).

Decals in this box 9013 are:

(1) Canadian Armed Forces F-104G "12833" of no.439 squadron in yellow-black striping Tiger scheme; it was the first Tiger scheme applied for the event at RAF Woodbridge meet in 1969 hosted by the USAF 79 TFS. The yellow was according the Canadian GP-12 paint system of the time yellow coded 505-101. The scheme with black stripes was applied overnight.  

(2) F-104G Belgian Air Force of no.31 squadron based at Kleine Brogel in also a yellow-black striping Tiger scheme of the meet in 1978 at Kleine Brogel;

 
A few decades ago I made an ESCI kit in the Canadian Armed Forces Tiger scheme (1). 

I airbrushed a simple coat of yellow over the yellow plastic! The black striping was applied with a black marker!! The model looks smart though. 

I believe this same kit appeared in several boxes like these:
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ESCI / REVELL / MONOGRAM 
The kit issue no H2220-0351 is the same old kit. A refueling probe is in the kit. 
Decals are for:
(1) F-104C USAF 479 TFW as used in Vietnam 1965 with a metal scheme;
(2) F-104C USAF TAC with a metal scheme;
(3) F-104C USAF as used by the Puerto Rico ANG with a Vietnam camouflage scheme;
(4) F-104C USAF 479 TFW as used at Da Nang Vietnam with a Vietnam camouflage scheme; 

This kit appeared in various boxes I believe of also AMT and Italeri....
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and as F-104A:
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ESCI / REVELL / MONOGRAM F-104G / S 

This box art shows also a ESCI / REVELL F-104S kit no. 2216 which is again the same basic old Revell F-104G seen above but with a few parts extra for the ventral fins for the -S; these are only for the ventral fins parts 6+7 in the kit. 

The gun port is uncovered, which is correct for later aircraft as the -S got the gun again installed). The fuel tanks are too small in diameter. As the -S has a more powerful engine, it has slightly larger intakes and a bigger diameter afterburner rear exhaust pipe. These parts are not in this kit. (better use a much better Hasegawa F-104S kit, is discussed on another page). 
The main gear bay is barren but the main doors are mostly seen closed on real aircraft. 

Decals in this kit H2216-0531 are for:
(1) F-104S Italian AF 53 stormo in a camouflage scheme; 
(2) F-104G of the West German MARINE Flieger MFG1 in a grey - light grey scheme;
(3) F-104G Canada in an overall metal scheme;
(4) F-104G Belgian AF of the 10 FBW in a camouflage scheme;
 

I made one ESCI / REVELL F-104G kit no.2216 seen above, but I used decals of a newer HASEGAWA kit with included kit markings of the (West-) German Marineflieger MFG1.

Colours are RAL 7012 "basaltgrau" upper surfaces for which enamel Revell 77, Humbrol 79, Xtracolour X207 (or Gunze Sangyo acrylic 69 can be used); and use a mix of aluminium/light grey RAL 7001 "silbergrau" for the under surfaces. Nice is the dayglow RAL 2005 "leuchtorange" on the tiptanks using Revell aqua 25. All was airbrushed with masking. 

NOTE: I drooped the inboard trailing edge flaps and I used some spare Hasegawa kit fuel tanks on this model. 
 

   

 

   
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Here some old photos I took of 26+69 at an USAF Open Day at Ramstein, probably in the late eighties. The intake protection aluminium foil on the aircraft spoiled their appearance.

The model:  

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A nice Marineflieger ESCI/Revell Starfighter sits now on my shelves.