Raising an old issue, again, and will continue to do so

[Von Crapenhauser]

[QUOTE=Madfish;453847]So what? Even if the colors back in the days weren't as high tech as these days - it takes MUCH more than just one flight to get a sandblasted look like we currently have. More like half a year.

This is a crashed p40 after 70 years. It has seen a lot of dust during service, unlike brit and euro stuff. Also keep in mind that it was damaged even before crashing.

http://z6mag.com/featured/world-war-...pt-169135.html

The weathering slider should be fully controllable. And the metal weathering needs to set in way behind the normal weathering like exhaust residue, bleaching and whatever.
There are nice skin options - and imagine "creative" skins for formation flying, air racing etc. - why would there be any weathering on them?

It's not like 99% of all planes and pilots survived hundreds of missions over africa just to get sandblasted and then take part in the BoB anyways [/QUOTe[/I]

I agree wholeheartedly with your points.
Yes we should have a choice between clean a dirty textures.
And yes i agree the clean pictures show off details better than worn ones.
Especialy the accurate stencils.
Just making a point that you should see the leading edges of wings on even non combat aircraft after one filight.
Dead flies,dirt and other crap,I used to tire quickly after polishing wings of my glider during summer flying.
Oh good picture BTW,thats real wear and tear lol.

Anyways if i had a spitfire id keep it spotless too.