Posted by Simon Côté on October 27, 1999 at 02:39:50 in 142.169.140.99 :
In Reply to: comment posted by Lee on October 26, 1999 at 23:09:03:
In fact, ends portholes do transmit sufficient light if interior of the hull is painted white.
It does to my tast anyway. However be aware that the illumination level vary depending the position of the viewer and you understand that this is due to the hull thickness. F/O at the ends portholes seems to be a good solution and you could take a look at the Salvador Calderon's model on this site at "Models built by others". It appears that he adopted this technique. It would be great to have his comments on this board!
As an alternative, extremities portholes could be hollowed from interior of the hull in order to reduce thickness of each porthole and its effect on lighing. I used this tip on every window to make it appear wider(cf: Roy Mengot) but not on the portholes.
Good luck!