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'f.35 Lightning Ii'

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July 18, 2007, 04:47:42 AM Last Edit: July 19, 2007, 04:04:57 AM by TsrJoe
sitting bored in work and decided to throw together the Panda 1/48 F.35 kit...

ill do a few lil mods to make it superficially like a proper 'Lightning II' but not intending to go overboard and change the intakes, wing, tails, canopy, etc. ...a quick build...

one thing i an tinkering with is a somewhat different armament unit for the model..lol (its amazing what a couple of 'pound shop' laser pointers can do..lol)

any thoughts as to a colour scheme... im thinking circa 2017
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Rafael

#1
July 18, 2007, 02:46:22 PM
Blue!
Or reflective metal. (We're talking a laser fighter, no?)
And a golden canopy.

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#2
July 18, 2007, 02:58:25 PM
Digi-camo?  That seems to be the growing trend.  I've thought of doing it using fine tulle/netting with a square weave.  Buy the sizes you need, mask off the pattern you want on the tulle, stick it down with either masking tape or a light coat of prit-stick or similar & paint over your base coat.  You'll have lots of little squares all over, you can repeat it with different colours over the top.
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Rafael

#3
July 18, 2007, 03:21:25 PM
Oh, I forgot digi camo, Mossie.
That would be nice too for the time frame.

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gooberliberation

#4
July 18, 2007, 10:58:45 PM
Adaptive camoflage ;)  Top would be pixelated runway, bottom be blue/gray with pretty clouds
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Hobbes

#5
July 18, 2007, 11:29:05 PM
Quoteill do a few lil mods to make it superficially like a proper 'Lightning II'

When I first read this, I thought you meant an airframe with 2 engines stacked on top of each other...

TsrJoe

#6
July 19, 2007, 04:03:14 AM
hm...i like the 'digi camou' idea...ill have to to some tests and see how it looks  B)

.. now how can i get a myriad of lil squares of diffeing colours ...

heres another image of the Laser armed F.35 from a search online...

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elmayerle

#7
July 19, 2007, 10:15:06 PM
Clearly deployable lasing heads as you can see the closeout panels above or below them as applicable.  As long as there's no real aerodynamic problems, I don't see, at first glance, any real constraints.  I've heard stories (but never been able to verify same) that back in the 1980s, Northrop looked at a fighter with a lower-energy laser for use against aircraft ingressing using sophisticated EO systems as a means of relatively benign takedown by taking out the EO systems by overload.
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B777LR

#8
July 23, 2007, 09:29:10 AM
"no vis scheme" :rolleyes:  The kind that James Bond had on his Aston Martin Vanish ;)  

GeorgeC

#9
July 23, 2007, 01:21:00 PM
If it is a UK Joint Force Harrier er.. Lighting aircraft have you considered easing the procurment budget either by sponsor advertising or a potential Public Private Partnership owner scheme - you know 'Virgin Bombers'...

B777LR

#10
July 23, 2007, 02:12:01 PM
QuoteIf it is a UK Joint Force Harrier er.. Lighting aircraft have you considered easing the procurment budget either by sponsor advertising or a potential Public Private Partnership owner scheme - you know 'Virgin Bombers'...
Virgin strategic
Virgin Air Force
Bransons Air Force
Richards Air Force
Allianz Air force
Hertz planez
Avis Air Force
Europairforce

:D  

Martin H

#11
July 23, 2007, 02:51:22 PM
Quote
QuoteIf it is a UK Joint Force Harrier er.. Lighting aircraft have you considered easing the procurment budget either by sponsor advertising or a potential Public Private Partnership owner scheme - you know 'Virgin Bombers'...
Virgin strategic
Virgin Air Force
Bransons Air Force
Richards Air Force
Allianz Air force
Hertz planez
Avis Air Force
Europairforce

:D
you have no idea how near to the truth that list realy is LOL

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