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| Subject: | Windshield wiper weathering?????? |  |
| Date: | Nov 18, 2002 |
| From: | stephen brezinski | |
I think this will stir up a controversy?
Yesterday I was reading a recent Fine Scale Modeler mag. and came across question from a modeler about modeling military type windshields. The mag. told him to mask an for the winshield where the wiper cleans off the dirt.
This got me thinking about windshields and weathering. Looking at LOTS of WW2 photos of softskins, in dry weather, I rarely see this trianular shaped clear spot left by wipers! Unless the vehicle is in rain and modeled all wet and muddy, I think this wiper shape clear spot very unlikely and not at all realistic in most cases.
In dry weather, you do NOT want to clean dust off the windshied with wipers as the dirty wipers will scratch up the glass! For dry dust, use a wet rag. I recall at the last AMPS I was critisized by a judge for overspray on the windshield when it was actually dust I was trying to represent.
Whatta you think?
Stephen |
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