[everclear]

well, Ironically, many aircraft parts, expecially the skin, were made from anodized aluminum.

As fun as irony may be, I just don't think there's much here. The first part is a guess on my part. Sure, anodizing was around since the mid-20's, and even used on some seaplanes & aluminum boats, improved corrosion resistance (as in *sea water*). Was used on small parts, like control doo-dads (some aluminum parts on engines, in sights & vernier dials & stuff, funky little parts), but I really doubted that anyone (axis or allies) bothered to actually anodize *the skin*. Considering that the gear had to be turned out cheap & fast, and the silly things were painted to boot (yep, they had self-etching primers back then, though I doubt even those were used much - aluminum corrodes up to a certain thickness in air, and then it's pretty much sealed, though acids and electrolysis with other metals is a pain - one which anodizing wouldn't help a whole bunch - end of tangent). I somehow doubt that, as the factories were cranking out planes at full tilt, they chose to slow things down to a crawl by setting up anodizing baths, acid, electricity, controlled temp, *time*, etc. I even doubt that the aluminum skins were prepped any more than a quick wash & scrub before the paint went on (or didn't). As always, I could be dead wrong, but this is just common-sense stuff. It's not like they were pimpin' the planes out - the things just had to fly & last a few years.
Finally, this is WW2, and there was still as much canvas & wood as there was aluminum. Wood's good stuff. And the plane I really dig, the Ho-229 (called Go-229 here), while a twin-jet delta, is pretty much a wooden plane. A tubular space frame in the center, but the wings are mostly wood, skinned with plywood. Painted in flat paint. And my, does it *shine*. And... I want it *not* to. Not complaining, this is the 'purtiest sim, just wish i could make shiny planes shiny, and dull planes dull.
-d