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Re: Natural metal Spitfires.
Nope, Graham. Surface was puttied and primed before painting and thus offered a much better smoothness. Note that Mustangs always had puttied and painted wings! Weight penalty was minor, a few kilos or pounds, so I would say weight of a pilot was a much more important factor.
Oh, those are not my conclusions but of the RAF - see Paul Lucas' home based aircraft 1945-1950.
PS You certainly mean Ju 86?
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