Assuming you have created each one using M98toBgl or MdltoBgl, you just give each API a different name and paint its textures separately!

Doug thanks so much. I did a very quick reply before dashing out this morning and of course you would need to do that.

It's not difficult. Here's the top section of a Phantom API I created some time back using MdltoBgl.

; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; XXXXX.API SCASM macro for Flight Simulator v6.x/7.x
; & Airport 2.60
; Generated by MDLtoBGL  Copyright 2001 Trevor de Stigter
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Airport Parameter 0 = if used & not Zero means use Parameter 1
; Airport Parameter 1 = Replacement Texture File Name (excl extension)
; Airport Parameter 2 = not used
; Airport Parameter 3 = not used
; Uses the following .r8/?af Texture files:
;      f-4b8408.0af
;      f-4b8408.1af
;      f-4b8408.2af
;      f-4b8408.3af
;      f-4b8408.4af
;      f-4b8408.5af
;      f-4b8408.6af
;      f-4b8408.7af
;


All you do is use the texture list as a reference and do a search and replace of every instance of each one and then resave the file.

You can rename the files to almost anything. Just make sure you keep the file type (ie .{n}af)

Hagar, Rollerball: Beautiful result, thank you very much.

Question 2:

the designers of the original FS98 aircraft I am tampering with painted some of their polygons particular colours; usually spinners and wingtips.

I think I have found the lines of the *.API which refer to those colours but I am unwilling to experiment blindly...

Any further?
???


With thanks!