I've never had a problem detecting the planes attitude so I normally make them symmetric. My example plane has straight stripes on the bottom but I think I'll stick with the same stripes top and bottom. At much of a distance the plane turns into a dark blob to me.Is there enough contrast between the top/bottom CS? Detecting upright/inverted at a distance might be problematic with the red top/bottom of the fuselage.
This is an early look I just started working on the side. If you look at the bottom view where the white wraps around, the whole bottom of the fuselage will be white except for a rounded off area at the front where you see the white doesn't go all the way to the end of the fuselage. Right now I'm finishing the side stripes, there's still a couple of small silver ones to add. Then I'll duplicate them to the other side of the fuselage and paint the bottom of the fuselage white and add the rounded off area on the bottom in the front.My thinking was to carry the white all the way around the bottom, coming to a point under the nose... sorta continuing the white angle like a broad arrowhead.
I tend to post in-work pictures so the plane will be mostly like you mentioned in the end. But the area on the bottom in the front won't come to a point it will be rounded. So it won't look like a needle.In the view you posted, the bottom is solid red. I wanted to encourage continuing the white all the way around, like you're describing. But making the bottom look like the buisness end of a hypodermic needle appeals to me. The angle on the sides made me think of it.
Thanks Ron.WOW That cs looks GREAT!
Thanks Andy.Very nice CS Tech.