Boeing Builds a Plane

[NutmegCT]

Southwest Airlines gets one more bird:

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[rlwhitetr3b]

When I first saw the picture of it, I assumed it was a wrap not paint.

 

[JPSmit]

very neat!

 

[DrEntropy]

A wrap would weigh a lot more and last a lot less time. :wink:

Wiring harness? Simple! Wheel it in, spool it out and clamp it down! :laugh:

 

[maynard]

I'm not sure a wrap could withstand the airspeed.

 

[rlwhitetr3b]

I can see where a wrap would not be what is used. I find the paint job more impressive now that I know it isn't a wrap.

 

[Banjo]

That's a neat video. Took a lot of taping and masking to do that paint huh?

 

[DNK]

Need to find out who did the paint

 

[Billm]

Probably done in the Boeing paint shop on Boeing field in Seattle.
They do the design on a computer, have a laser "play" it on the side of the plane (using a correcting program to compensate for the curvature of the plane) and mechanics hand paint inside the laser lines.
Not too complicated, I've watched them paint pictures on Grand Coolie Dam on July 4th using a similar program.
BillM

 

[DNK]

Yea, I asked my wife. She said the only plane that is not on the outsourcing list is the 37. So it was a Boeing paint job

 

[TRDejaVu]

I was in that Boeing paint hangar a couple of years ago - very impressive.

I also had the "airline customer tour" (as opposed to the public tour) of the Everett B747 production line and Airbus Toulouse lines years ago when I was doing aircraft delivery inspections at both manufacturers. All very impressive.