Stealth Pilot wrote in
:

On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 17:02:06 +0200, "Claus Gustafsen"
wrote:

Well I belive there are several answers to this,

1. Planes painted in dull colours weathet much faster than gloss
paint. Therefor owners may choose to use glosse paint in an otherwise
faithfull replication of a paint scheme. Easy enough for me to accept.
2. Gloss "Natural Metal Finish", I do belive that some of thes are
honest errors, seeing post war racers with putty and paint removed
from the wings, and polished to reduce friction, this gives the shiny
look. Also the finish in many owners eyes probably looks good and are
easy to maintain.

matt paints are porous and dont protect as well.

the standard response to this nonsense question is always that you can
paint the aircraft you own in any colour scheme you wish. so why dont
you go and do it. (btw claus didnt ask the question)

Stealth Pilot


I asked the question and I don't think it is a nonsense question.

Very true; you are totally allowed to paint your stuff any colour you
want.
But I just don't understand why, after that much time, money, effort and
probably research one would end up with a thing that doesn't resemble
the original.
But it is indeed the choice of the owner.

But I've seen planes and armour in museums that are obviously been
resprayed/painted in non-original schemes and/or colours.

Nevertheless, I'm sorry I asked.

Cheers,

Dennis