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