Checkers on a curve

[abaser]

Hello SPS members. Im looking for some advice with checkerboards. Im doing a skin for an airplane in my sim and the cowl has a checkerboard pattern right behind the prop. Im wondering if there is a filter or something to render the pattern around the curves without distorting them so bad. What Im running into is from the front, my lines look good and straight, but from below they look like a rainbow.

What Im looking for is something that makes the layer look like you set it on top of a ball or something similar and stretched it over the ball. Any advice is appreciated. Thnx

[Serval]

I think I'd use paths to do the job.