Sujet
New Paint For Navy Jet Trainer
Légende
California, 1957 Silhouetted against the clouds so sharply it appears hand-painted by an artist, this T2V-1 SeaStar is just that. For Lockheed paint technicians, artists in their own field, have introduced a new skin-thin paint job on the U.S. Navy's new jet trainer. During a 24-hour beautifying session in Lockheed's paint shop, the SeaStar receives a four layer "system" of paint consisting of a wash primer, regular primer and two coats of lacquer. By applying each successive coat while the previous one is still soft, all in a 24-hour period, better adhesion and durability are achieved, company officials report. Total thickness of the four coasts is only 17/000ths of an inch. Now in quantity production at Lockheed's California Division, the ship-or-shore-duty SeaStar is painted orange-and-white to facilitate easy recognition.
Date
23 déc. 2022
Crédit
Photo12/UIG/Underwood Archives
Notre référence
UMG24A04_032
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
65,7Mo (1,7Mo) / 45,7cm x 36,0cm / 5400 x 4252 (300dpi)