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Old 7 November 2009, 11:27 AM   #20 (permalink)
Doug Baumann
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Originally Posted by Deedoubleyou View Post
If I may add a few thoughts.

If sunlight is penetrating through translucent material, more than one layer will be less translucent and block more light. Therefore, when viewed in natural sunlight from above, ribs and their tapes would appear darker when seen from underneath. See the picture of the D.F.W. C.V in the aircraft section. The photo Bob used as an example was taken indoors with the aid of a flash, which floods the subject with light from the level of the camera that is at ground level. This picture is not an accurate depiction of the effects of natural sunlight.

By the way, excellent build Anders.

Regards, Dwayne
your right also that the trouble with it to be accurate in all light source's is hard if not imposable to do with a solid color wing !! thats why i made my Fokker DIII with clear plastic 1/36 Fokker DIII scratch build .. but i ahve never tryed the idea out on a solid wing !!
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