F/A-18F Question

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Don Harstad - 01 Dec 2006 07:47 GMT

The square faring ahead of the windscreen... it seems to be almost a
metallic color in some views, definitely darker than the surrounding
fuselage. Does anyone know what color it actually is? Thanks,

Don H.

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CCBlack - 01 Dec 2006 10:37 GMT

>Don Harstad wrote:
> The square faring ahead of the windscreen... it seems to be almost a
> metallic color in some views, definitely darker than the surrounding
> fuselage. Does anyone know what color it actually is? Thanks,

I've looked at a bunch of photo's and I can't seem to come to a
consensus.

In this photo it's the same color as the rest of the aircraft:

http://www1.airliners.net/open.file/0238917/L/

Here the top and sides appear a dark shade of gray:

http://www1.airliners.net/open.file/1115072/L/

Can't really tell here...but a cool photo anyway =] :

http://www1.airliners.net/open.file/1111795/L/

Chris

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Willshak - 01 Dec 2006 13:48 GMT

>> Don Harstad wrote:
>> The square faring ahead of the windscreen... it seems to be almost a
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> http://www1.airliners.net/open.file/0238917/L/
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That's the 'cherriest' F-18 I've ever seen. Must have just been rolled
out of the factory. At first, I thought it was a super scale model.

> Here the top and sides appear a dark shade of gray:
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Rufus - 01 Dec 2006 16:08 GMT

>>Don Harstad wrote:
>>The square faring ahead of the windscreen... it seems to be almost a
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> Chris

Tricks of the light, or dirt build up. It leaves the factory the same
color as the rest of the aircraft. VFA-122s jets are the first and
oldest out there, so they're a bit "aged".

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Rufus - 01 Dec 2006 16:06 GMT

> The square faring ahead of the windscreen... it seems to be almost a
> metallic color in some views, definitely darker than the surrounding
> fuselage. Does anyone know what color it actually is? Thanks,
>
> Don H.

It leaves the factory the same color as the rest of the jet, however,
some squadrons have been painting around it, or possibly painting it.
It is actually an antenna cover and as such probably shouldn't be
painted...however there are special paints for doing so.

But the bottom line is that on a fresh jet, it is the same color as the
rest of the aircraft.

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