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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #150 on: November 25, 2012, 05:05:48 AM »
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #151 on: January 13, 2013, 04:25:56 AM »
An F-35C painted for its future assignment to US Navy Fighter Attack Squadron 101 (VFA-101) at Eglin AFB, Florida, is shown in the paint facility at the Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth, Texas, on 7 January 2013. The original Fighter Squadron 101 (VF-101), nicknamed Grim Reapers, was established 1 May 1952 and flew various fighter aircraft including the F-4 Phantom and F-14 Tomcat. VF-101 was disestablished in 2005. To support the Navy version of the F-35, VFA-101 was reestablished in May 2012 at a new hangar and training facility at Eglin. The unit will serve as the Fleet Replacement Squadron, training Navy Lightning II aviators and maintainers. This aircraft (Bureau Number 168733) is scheduled for delivery later his year.


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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #152 on: January 13, 2013, 06:09:16 AM »
That looks very much like LM-Aero's Fort Worth facility.  I believe I've read elsewhere that this aircraft is C/N CF-06 which would make it one of the first LRIP "C" models.

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #153 on: January 18, 2013, 10:05:54 AM »

2012 F-35 Year in Review


From Naval Air Systems Command.

Just meant to show the aircraft in operation (pictures don't do any aircraft enough justice) If you don't like the F-35 or don't want to hear anything positive about it, mute the video or plunge your fingers into your ears and hum real loud.  :)
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #154 on: January 18, 2013, 03:59:07 PM »
An F-35C painted for its future assignment to US Navy Fighter Attack Squadron 101 (VFA-101) at Eglin AFB, Florida, is shown in the paint facility at the Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth, Texas, on 7 January 2013. The original Fighter Squadron 101 (VF-101), nicknamed Grim Reapers, was established 1 May 1952 and flew various fighter aircraft including the F-4 Phantom and F-14 Tomcat. VF-101 was disestablished in 2005. To support the Navy version of the F-35, VFA-101 was reestablished in May 2012 at a new hangar and training facility at Eglin. The unit will serve as the Fleet Replacement Squadron, training Navy Lightning II aviators and maintainers. This aircraft (Bureau Number 168733) is scheduled for delivery later his year.




Is that picture distorted or is it really that stubby/tubby?

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #155 on: January 18, 2013, 11:14:04 PM »
I think perspective is distorting it a bit, it's not that stubby when seen in RL.

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #156 on: January 18, 2013, 11:57:39 PM »
She's not stubby/tubby, she's full figured!  ;)  looking forward to the first time I get to see one of these in person.
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #157 on: January 19, 2013, 01:19:06 AM »
Cheap wide angle lens?
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #158 on: January 19, 2013, 02:18:06 AM »
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #159 on: January 19, 2013, 03:23:09 AM »
Looks like I'll get to see one of these for real in March down at USMC Yuma

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #160 on: January 19, 2013, 03:31:15 AM »
Its not tubby...its pugnacious. ;)
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #161 on: January 19, 2013, 04:44:18 PM »
Looks like I'll get to see one of these for real in March down at USMC Yuma
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #162 on: January 23, 2013, 04:01:32 AM »


Something cooly bizarre about a half century old propeller plane refueling 21st century stealth jets.
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #163 on: January 27, 2013, 12:19:46 PM »


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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #164 on: January 27, 2013, 12:21:26 PM »
Photograph or CGI? 
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #165 on: January 27, 2013, 01:08:33 PM »
Why on Earth didn't they make those panel lines the same color as the rest of the airframe?  Yick!!!!  Is it "too stealthy" to paint?
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #166 on: January 27, 2013, 01:10:05 PM »
Is there some technical reason those panel(?) lines are painted(?) in a lighter colour that makes it all stick out so?

Kinda gives it an unfinished appearance.

Last two pictures, great shots, it looks super. The fully side-on view, yeah... looks like it got scrunched up a bit.
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #167 on: January 27, 2013, 02:07:44 PM »
I'd say that, if real, those two aircraft have been photographed prior to paint, with just the basic markings appliques in place for the initial flight testing.  That doesn't look that different from a pre-painting F-16.

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #168 on: January 27, 2013, 08:53:35 PM »
But how about that side view of the C?
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #169 on: January 28, 2013, 01:51:07 AM »
Photograph or CGI?


Its credited to the USAF at Eglin, but its just unreally sharp!!



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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #170 on: January 28, 2013, 11:22:48 AM »
But how about that side view of the C?
Most of the differences I see there are due to parts being painted at the component level and the mixes not matching exactly and the different reflective properties of some seals.  I notice that the pic of the two C-models refueling from a KC-130 doesn't show any of that.

Further note, as far as I can tell, the panel lines you're seeing are outlines of removable or open-able panels and I'm thinking that the sealant tape over the edges shows a bit different light reflective properties.  At least, that's my best guess.  Heck of a note when I can still identify most of the panels and some of the visible equipment fit on the forward fuselage, even though it's been nearly five years since I left LM-Aero.
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #171 on: January 28, 2013, 11:40:16 AM »
Another paint question; these are supposed be USN and USMC birds, so where are the USN and USMC colors?!  They look more USAF than anything else with that dark gray.  Where are the Ghosts and Light and Medium Gray Blues?
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #172 on: January 28, 2013, 12:09:51 PM »
Honestly?  I have no idea what the markings intentions are for these, though I expect they are reasonably standardized across the fleet because some prior finished components are installed in all variants of the aircraft.

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #173 on: January 29, 2013, 04:58:17 AM »
Another paint question; these are supposed be USN and USMC birds, so where are the USN and USMC colors?!  They look more USAF than anything else with that dark gray.  Where are the Ghosts and Light and Medium Gray Blues?




Marines have been going dark on the attack aircraft anyway.
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