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Lockheed-Martin Demo Vipers

Posted: 14 Apr 2010, 11:40
by LEBTowerGuy
Here is a very rough rendition of 90-0848 used by Lockheed Martin as a demo/chase plane at NAS Ft Worth I did at 4AM this morning (don't worry I will clean it up this weekend). I am going to be painting all of the NFW demo birds as well as some pre-delivery vipers from around the world for my upcomming NFW scenery. Any sugestions as to what nations I should include would be much appreciated.

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Re: Lockheed-Martin Demo Vipers

Posted: 14 Apr 2010, 14:18
by MIKE JG
Do the F-35 chase plane/s. :wink:

Re: Lockheed-Martin Demo Vipers

Posted: 14 Apr 2010, 16:11
by Victory103
Agree with MIKE JG, and I would look over at Fencecheck.com for real pics of the various LM Vipers out of KNFW. Looks great for now.

Re: Lockheed-Martin Demo Vipers

Posted: 14 Apr 2010, 17:18
by LEBTowerGuy
MIKE JG wrote:Do the F-35 chase plane/s. :wink:
Mike I am definently doing the chase/demo birds, 0848 is one of them. and is there anything I should know about changing the parking radius sizes at the LM plant? :wink:

Re: Lockheed-Martin Demo Vipers

Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 12:12
by LEBTowerGuy
After some more 4AM doodle work, I have cleaned up the tail art on 0848, still a bit of work to be done, but the good news is that 84-1234 (F-16C) has a similar tail art, and should be done quickly. I am having a bit of trouble nailing down the Edwards vipers that are assisting in the flight test. Dutch Wings says 81-0817 is attached, however I have not been able to find a current picture of it at NFW. I have seen pictures of several other Edwards Vipers there, but I don't know if they are attached to LM or just transients. I have also found a picture of the Dutch AF's F-35 support viper with some very nice tail art, are there any other foreign vipers there supporting the F-35 testing?

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Re: Lockheed-Martin Demo Vipers

Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 14:00
by Fokket50
Looking forward to your KNFW scenery and the Vipers.
IIRC the Dutch AF's F-35 support viper is actually a Danish viper.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Denmark- ... 047f40cfcd

Menno

Re: Lockheed-Martin Demo Vipers

Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 14:17
by LEBTowerGuy
thanks, I did mean Danish, sorry about that.

Re: Lockheed-Martin Demo Vipers

Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 18:22
by james84
This is a new livery to me!
As far as I know, Pakistan is getting new Block 52+ Vipers (twin seaters with dorsal spine and CFTs), and I think there should be some for Greece and Israel, maybe Poland as well.

Re: Lockheed-Martin Demo Vipers

Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 20:12
by LEBTowerGuy
Thanks James, I remember a while back there was a F-16 in development that had CFTs and a Dorsal Faring, did any of those ever make it to the light of day?

Re: Lockheed-Martin Demo Vipers

Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 21:06
by tango234
I think it died... :?

Re: Lockheed-Martin Demo Vipers

Posted: 18 Apr 2010, 19:59
by LEBTowerGuy
I have finished the 2 Lockheed-Martin demo birds based at NFW 90-0848 and 84-1234, as well as the Royal Danish Airforce ET-210.

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Up next will be a few of the orange/white Edwards birds that have been visiting.

Re: Lockheed-Martin Demo Vipers

Posted: 19 Apr 2010, 09:53
by james84
Beautiful!
But is the USAF "winged star" on the US Vipers a bit too big?

Re: Lockheed-Martin Demo Vipers

Posted: 19 Apr 2010, 17:26
by LEBTowerGuy
Think you may be right about that, and I also noticed that the lettering on the tail of the JSF bird is a bit off too, guess there's still a bit of work to be done.

Re: Lockheed-Martin Demo Vipers

Posted: 24 Apr 2010, 02:44
by mgc1968
Looks great so far!Completely forgot about those.Now that I've looked in my FS9 directory,I don't have any of the Edwards fleet either.....time to check F-16.net for some #'s!

Mike

Re: Lockheed-Martin Demo Vipers

Posted: 24 Apr 2010, 14:13
by Victory103
Ft Worth air show is this weekend, hope to see a few of these in person.