Well, I still believe that panel lines are a style thing. The Avenger is going to ,,( assuming I get brave enough) some panel lines. My reason is perhaps different, and may provide more insight as well. The color scheme, and trim pattern on the plane is going to be very simple. I dont want to detract from the gorgeious sexy lines this airplane was designed with by a bunch of tramped up, wiz bang, flashy stuff. In the air thats great, on the ground it is perhaps going to look a bit plane,, uh, sorry ,, look a bit plain,, *snicker* so the panel lines are pretty much a concesion to judging for appearance on the ground. That and they are typical for classic era airplanes, from what I have seen anyway......
I think it would really behoove anyone doing panel lines to actually look at a real airplane, not pictures, but walk up to an airplane and see how the panels are assembled,, it may generate some very suprising observations about how they are put together,, and then create some more realistic panel lines,,
of course, you can all judge mine when I get there, speaking of,, I should go get back to sanding the sealer so I can repaint,, sigh,, about 40% done,,