USN F-35: FAR Model

[FAR148]

To solve US Navy‘s Super Hornet/tanker problem, Lockheed Martin offered a new purpose-built F-35 to fill the role of carrier-based tanker. The new F-35s are dubbed E’s and doesn’t have weapon bays nor have the targeting sensor below the nose. Along with stealthy metallic paint was not applied. In January of 2022, the first batch of E’s reached the Fleet. Each F-35 squadron was assigned 4 aircraft. My F-35E represents one from VFA-31 “Tomcatters” while onboard the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, callsign “Douche Nozzle One-One”.

 

 

To see more of her along with a list of things I did to her, look here

 

https://www.far148studio.com/portfolio-2/f35e

 

Stay safe and keep busy,

Steven  

[Mr.Happy]

Clever idea 💡 

 

Hey who’s to it can’t happen.

 

Very nicely weathered.

 

Mr.Happy 

[Janissary]

Awesome idea, awesome execution.

[Thadeus]

Ok, now that gray really suits an F-35. Looking way cooler already.

[Cubs2jets]

Typical of the US military.  That's one EXPENSIVE gas passer!  LOL !!

 

Nice work.

 

C2j

[FAR148]

16 hours ago, Mr.Happy said:

Clever idea 💡 

 

Hey who’s to it can’t happen.

 

Very nicely weathered.

 

Mr.Happy 

Thanks Mr. Happy

 

7 hours ago, Janissary said:

Awesome idea, awesome execution.

Much appreciated Janissary 

 

41 minutes ago, Thadeus said:

Ok, now that gray really suits an F-35. Looking way cooler already.

To be honest, I was too lazy to try to replicate the Have Glass scheme and have it "look" right in scale.  But I took the opportunity to play with a weathered Naval scheme.

 

23 minutes ago, Cubs2jets said:

Typical of the US military.  That's one EXPENSIVE gas passer!  LOL !!

 

Nice work.

 

C2j

Yeah, I feel this idea is more a "When-If" then a "What-if"

 

Thanks again guys,

Steven 

[fireman]

Looking so real for the scheme of the F-35! Just a matter of years...