"Chas Russel brings up the Pod Bay Door's "Uprated Saturn 1B" for its first flight."
Notice the white gloves.
Once at a club launch, somebody let me know: "Your rocket isn't scale unless it has a gloss finish!"
If I were entering a NAR Scale Competition, my entry would have a flat finish.
For sport flying? I use gloss finishes. Flat finishes get dirty very quickly. That's why Chas Russel is wearing the gloves!
Don't know if it was wear and tear or intensional design, but every piece of actual space hardware I have seen were matt finish.
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