Here's a bunch of random photos from a 172S:

http://hellosimon.org/35117/

There's some close ups of some rivets in some of them.

Hope that helps,
Simon

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Stuart Buchanan <stuar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Bertrand wrote:
>> This is some nice artistic/graphical work indeed, however, I am afraid
>> this is not very realistic. If you want Cessna aerodynamicists to die
>> from an heart attack, just show them this picture ^_^
>
> :)
>
> I was basing the work on some photos I found on the Cessna website.
> This one in particular seemed to show raised rivets on the wing:
>
> http://www.cessna.com/MungoBlobs/832/502/sin_haw_flt18_hires.jpg
>
> Perhaps what I'm seeing there isn't actually protruding rivets at all.
>
> Is there any height change there at all, or are the surfaces completely 
> smooth?
>
> I could obviously tone down the effect significantly to make them
> protrude less if
> that is more realistic.
>
> BTW - we're modeling a P model, if that makes any difference.
>
> -Stuart
>
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