Definite texture masking guide?

Equipment Proton Packs
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Sorry, I thought I knew this, but have seen so many build threads where people have masked off different parts, the packs in the reference section look too dusty to conclusively say, and I couldn’t find an existing thread, so I’ll come out and ask it.

Is there a “definitive” thought on what parts of the shell should have orange-peel texture and what shouldn’t.

I am 100% sure the following parts should not:

N-FILTER

POWER CELL RIBS

CRANK BOX RIBS

CRANK CYLINDER

GUN MOUNT RIBS

VACUUM HOSE BASE DISC

CLIPPARD VALVE BASE DISC

CYCLOTRON DISCS

PPD DISCS

Here are parts I am now unsure of texture:

Cyclotron plates

Power Cell (face)

Crank box (face / underside)

Every thread I see people do something slightly different. For shells by kit makers who do have texture built in, is there a standard? Or is it like fingerprints and everyone just has it slightly different?

What’s the consensus?

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Cyclotron plates - I’d say the general consensus is to texture them. It looks very lightly textured to me and matches the rest of the cyclotron

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Power Cell (face) - Untextured definitely

Crank box (face / underside) - The underside i’d say is textured. The face I don’t think was textured in the way we refer to “texturing”, but has some paint brush texture due to how they applied the gel coat to the mold with a brush.

For example in this shot it appears smooth:

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In this shot you can see the brush marks.

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It’s quite hard to replicate exactly because the general consensus is that they didn’t intentionally texture the pack, but instead some of the texturing comes from the foam/wood parts the master mold was created from