Flateric, thanks for the info.
If you read my first reply in the thread i linked to, i have already spoken with Chris.
Well, i respectively disagree. You can see hardly see the panellines on it in 1/1, so they should be invisible in *any* scale. But the thing is, if you scale down a panelline from any plane (not just Yf-23), down to either 1/32, 1/48 or 1/72, they should not be invisible. How deep is a panelline on a normal airplane in 1/1 scale? 1 mm maybe or so? Scale it down to 1/72 and it should be invisible. But IMHO, a totally smooth plane (again, pick any, not just Yf-23) in 1/72 is going just to look like a toy, and resemble the reality less than with panel lines.
A normal panelline depth on a kit in 1/72 scale is about half mm. If a panelline is 1mm on a real plane, that means half mm should be on a model in 1/2 scale, not 1/72. Basically, there is no perfect model. You can not duplicate a real plane.
I had all of those walkarounds from before, but thanks anyway. Those two pictures certainly help!
