Im working on some scenery ships (Great Lakes Freighters) I am currently working on the largest ship in the Great Lakes Fleet the Paul R. Tregurtha (nearly the same size but half the width "flight deck" and  Nimitz Carrier and roughly one third lighter) http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/prtrgrth.htm ; and her/his (Paul) sister ship Lee A. Tregurtha an old WWII tanker.

anywho, I have the models and applied the bmp as directed by a tute by, well http://www.simviation/gryphon/tutorials/gMax_10.htm ;
I exported the file, and put the object in the game with ObPlacer, the models appear but without the bmps

the bmp file is named PRT_T

the file path i had for the bmp is through the FS9, addon scenery, texture folder