Zola25 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Hello Do we have any good F-35 references available out there?.. or is it all just too classified still? Thanks Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easixpedro Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 I think your best bet will be scouring official websites for Public Affairs photos. Photo Gallery (navy.mil) Photos (af.mil) Explore Photos (marines.mil) or you can try DVIDS DVIDS - Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (dvidshub.net) it'll show all the US DoD photos--even the ones that don't make the PA cutline. I'm sure other country's have their own Defense websites with pictures as well. No chance anyone will be doing a walkaround. -Peter Zola25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockie Yarwood Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Actually, there are quite a few F-35 walkarounds on the web, both photos and videos.... just search "F-35 walk around". Cheers, Rockie LSP_K2 and Zola25 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 3 hours ago, easixpedro said: DVIDS DVIDS - Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (dvidshub.net) it'll show all the US DoD photos--even the ones that don't make the PA cutline. I'm sure Idly pursuing that link I found this nice gallery of an F-35A flying with two Thunderbirds F-16s https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2576168/thunderbirds-fly-with-f-35a-lightning-ii easixpedro and Zola25 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 With everybody and their second cousins flying F-35s or about to, it’s hard to imagine them being as close-hold as, say, the B-2 or the F-117 when it was new. I’d think the airframe itself is less spy-worthy than all the computer magic that makes it work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 https://www.cybermodeler.com/aircraft/f-35/f-35a_walk.shtml https://www.net-maquettes.com/pictures/lockheed-f-35b-lightning-ii-walkaround/ Zola25 and Rockie Yarwood 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Also Google Image search for "F-35 landing gear" and "F-35 weapons bay". You'll find detail galore. Also search on Pinterest and Reddit. On reddit check out r/WarplanePorn. Endless high-res fighter photos.... Rockie Yarwood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zola25 Posted August 23, 2022 Author Share Posted August 23, 2022 Thanks Alex - I am familiar with google and there are a lot of images out there by now, thanks - I was keen to find a place perhaps that included some descriptions of what I am looking at but it may be too classified still for anyone to do that. /Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Zola25 said: some descriptions of what I am looking at but it may be too classified still for anyone to do that. I suspect you are right about that. I've seen photos annotated to show the different types/locations of missiles/bombs that can be loaded in the weapons bays, but that's about it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 No really in-depth books on the aircraft, none that I know of anyway. There are books, but they're all sort of generic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Just be careful of what you use for references. The picture above of the weapons bay has a lot of non-standard test gear installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zola25 Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 Just now, John1 said: Just be careful of what you use for references. The picture above of the weapons bay has a lot of non-standard test gear installed. Yes - judging by images taken at airshows etc. it seems that all the orange colored cables are not standard on production aircraft. I know that is an assumption on my side.. I just wish that Blackdog would upscale their sets to 1/32 - in fact I wish they would upscale ALL their sets to 1/32 John1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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