ORIGINAL: belaIn my experiments, Ive found it near impossible to get pure black on transparencies so light blows through in not only the symbology, but through th black to a lesser extent, decreasing the contrast and lessening the overall effect. Im thinking that by doing photo etch panels, you kill 2 birds with one stone, first, you etch clean symbology as opposed to scratching marks to approximate symbology, and second, absolutely zero light will pass through metal except in those etched areas, thereby increasing contrast. on closer examination, I think perhaps Ice is possibly going for a different objective maybe. He is simulating the soft green glow. while the purpose of the P.E. plates will be to simulate projection. When I etch my raptor sheet Ill do up a couple f-16 plates if you guys want to experiment with them.