✈️ Kfir (Israel): step-by-step build

A desert-camouflaged Israeli delta jet with small canards and a long pointy nose.

The IAI Kfir is a delta-wing fighter jet built in Israel, painted in sandy desert camouflage. This is a Technic-parts model inspired by it, not a real jet: tan and green beams make the camouflage, a blue beam stands for the Star of David roundel, and little canards sit behind the cockpit.

• Level 2 of 5 (easy)
• About 35 minutes
• 22 steps, 67 parts
• Powered by: Push
• Series: Aircraft from 21 Countries

What you will learn

• Pins: Grippy or Smooth: Pins join beams together — some hold tight, some let things swing.
• Triangles Are Strong: A triangle cannot be squished — a square can.
• Axles & Wheels: A wheel on an axle turns dragging into rolling.

Parts you need

• 1 × Beam 15
• 23 × Black pin (grippy)
• 3 × Beam 9
• 14 × Blue long pin
• 4 × Beam 3
• 3 × L-beam 3×5
• 4 × L-beam 2×4
• 3 × Beam 11
• 1 × Boomerang beam 3×7
• 3 × Beam 5
• 2 × Beam 7
• 1 × Axle 6
• 3 × Train wheel
• 1 × Axle 3
• 1 × Bush

Steps

1. Lay the floor of the fuselage: take a tan 15-hole beam, then push 2 black pins in and press a tan 9-hole beam onto them.
2. Lay the floor of the fuselage: push 1 black pin and 1 blue long pin in and press a black 3-hole beam (the pointed nose) onto them.
3. Lay the floor of the fuselage: push 2 blue long pins in and press a tan 3×5 L-beam (short leg down: the nose-wheel leg) onto them.
4. Add the roots of the wings and tailplanes: push 1 black pin and 1 blue long pin in and press a tan 2×4 L-beam (short leg up) onto them.
5. Add the roots of the wings and tailplanes: push 2 blue long pins in and press a tan 2×4 L-beam (short leg up) onto them.
6. Add the roots of the wings and tailplanes: push 2 blue long pins in and press a tan 3×5 L-beam (short leg down: a landing-gear leg) onto them.
7. Add the roots of the wings and tailplanes: push 2 blue long pins in and press a tan 3×5 L-beam (short leg down: a landing-gear leg) onto them, then slide a tan 2×4 L-beam (short leg up) onto the blue pins that stick out.
8. Add the roots of the wings and tailplanes: push 2 blue long pins in and press a tan 2×4 L-beam (short leg up) onto them.
9. Build the spine, the cockpit and the tail: push 2 black pins in and press a green 11-hole beam onto them.
10. Build the spine, the cockpit and the tail: push 2 black pins in and press a tan boomerang beam (its bent end leans back: the tail fin) onto them.
11. Build the spine, the cockpit and the tail: push 2 black pins in and press a clear 5-hole beam (the bubble canopy) onto them.
12. Build the spine, the cockpit and the tail: push 2 black pins in and press a green 3-hole beam leaning back along the fin onto them.
13. Add the canards (the little front wings): push 1 black pin in and press a tan 3-hole beam onto them.
14. Add the canards (the little front wings): push 2 black pins in and press a tan 3-hole beam onto them.
15. Build the wings: slide a tan 11-hole beam onto the blue pins that stick out, then slide a tan 11-hole beam onto the blue pins that stick out.
16. Build the wings: push 1 black pin and 1 blue long pin in and press a green 9-hole beam onto them.
17. Build the wings: push 1 black pin and 1 blue long pin in and press a green 9-hole beam onto them.
18. Build the wings: push 1 black pin in and press a blue 7-hole beam onto them, then push 1 black pin in and press a blue 7-hole beam onto them.
19. Build the wings: push 2 black pins in and press a tan 5-hole beam onto them.
20. Build the wings: push 2 black pins in and press a tan 5-hole beam onto them.
21. Put on the wheels: push a 6-long axle through both legs and put a wheel on each end.
22. Put on the wheels: push a 3-long axle through the leg, with a wheel on one side and a bush on the other.

Play time

Push the jet along the floor to taxi it, then swoop it round the room in your hand!

Real-world inspiration

IAI Kfir, the Israeli single-engine delta fighter with intake-mounted canards.

Credited demonstrations and component sources

• IAI Kfir — Wikipedia: Public reference for the real aircraft's shape and colours; this is a Technic-parts model inspired by it, not a flying or tested replica.