"Lines on the wings"- a question

What is it these apparent lines and rivets on the CRJ’s wings? I have compared photos of the aerosoft crj and of real life videos and these rivets, points, spots or whatever apparently do not match, I do not understand what they want to represent since it seems that the wing is not polished

I show you photos

CRJ in Sim


CRJ REAL WINGS



Looks ok to me. The comparison photos you posted are either too small or of to low res.
Even if the wing is polished you can see the rivets IRL.
Canadair CRJ-100LR (CL-600-2B19) - Lufthansa (Lufthansa CityLine) | Aviation Photo #0469380 | Airliners.net

I am attaching photos so that you understand me better, my question is, what it is those points? since comparing photos with a wing of the crj I do not see that they appear in the middle of the wing, I do not understand what it is, represent rivets? dirt? wear?


Simply dirty rivets. The location seems to be correct.

forgive my ignorance, I did not know that in the middle of the wings of an airplane there are rivets, since I thought that the wing has to be completely polished, can you show me a photo where I can see? just curiosity

Even if a wing is polished you will be able to see rivets, especially if the light is shining at a shallow angle.
If it’s not a bonded wing skin, there will be rivets all over the wing.

You can see a bit of the rivet line in ‘the middle of the wing’ here:

I understand what you say, but as I show in the photo it is not appreciated in the middle of the wing, rivets or something similar

Again, the resolution of these photos is way too low to depict small rivets.

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even watching 4k videos from youtube they are not appreciated …, are these rivets used to assemble the wing piece by piece?

I don’t know how and where the skin is attached to the basic structure on the CRJ wing.
Maybe this gives you an idea.
bombardier-crj-cutaway-poster-948553552.jpg (1200×696) (fansshare.com)

I think I’ve said it before, but I think it needs restating. I am thankful I am around in an era of flight simulation where we can complain about rivet placement on a wing.

Not a dig at the OP, just a statement on the quality of the sim.

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+1000000000000 true friend

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And the 2021 Rivet Counter of The Year Award goes toooooo…!

and the price is : you may rivet /staple one whole wing at the factory.

Yes. The thin solid lines are the (very) small gaps between individual aluminum plates/panels. Each one is precisely drilled to match up with holes in each individual rib and spar, then everything is assembled with flush rivets.

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