A method for producing an aircraft structure component having an outer skin provided with resistance strain gauges, said method comprising the steps of: a. providing an aircraft structure component having an outer skin , b. applying particles of electrically conductive material onto the outer surface of the outer skin of said aircraft structure component in a predetermined pattern, such that the accumulated particles of electrically conductive material form electric conductor elements along the outer surface of the outer skin , and c. applying particles of electrically insulating material onto the outer surface of the outer skin of said aircraft structure component in a predetermined pattern, such that the accumulated particles of electrically insulating material form an insulating layer for the electric conductor elements , wherein the electric conductor elements are formed as resistance strain gauges for detecting strain occurring on said aircraft structure component , and wherein the electric conductor elements are formed along the aircraft structure component outer skin in such a way that they contact rivets which are received in the aircraft structure component outer skin , so that an electric signal may be guided through the rivets to the inner surface of said aircraft structure component outer skin and into the inside of said aircraft structure component to a computer for processing the electric signal or to a controlling device for controlling the electric signal. a. providing an aircraft structure component having an outer skin , b. applying particles of electrically conductive material onto the outer surface of the outer skin of said aircraft structure component in a predetermined pattern, such that the accumulated particles of electrically conductive material form electric conductor elements along the outer surface of the outer skin , and c. applying particles of electrically insulating material onto the outer surface of the outer skin of said aircraft structure component in a predetermined pattern, such that the accumulated particles of electrically insulating material form an insulating layer for the electric conductor elements , wherein the electric conductor elements are formed as resistance strain gauges for detecting strain occurring on said aircraft structure component , and wherein the electric conductor elements are formed along the aircraft structure component outer skin in such a way that they contact rivets which are received in the aircraft structure component outer skin , so that an electric signal may be guided through the rivets to the inner surface of said aircraft structure component outer skin and into the inside of said aircraft structure component to a computer for processing the electric signal or to a controlling device for controlling the electric signal. wherein the electric conductor elements are formed as resistance strain gauges for detecting strain occurring on said aircraft structure component , and wherein the electric conductor elements are formed along the aircraft structure component outer skin in such a way that they contact rivets which are received in the aircraft structure component outer skin , so that an electric signal may be guided through the rivets to the inner surface of said aircraft structure component outer skin and into the inside of said aircraft structure component to a computer for processing the electric signal or to a controlling device for controlling the electric signal. <EOS>