Hey,

I am planning on becoming a repainter along with being a modeler, but I already made a post about that. I plan on repainting airliners for FSX and a little FS9. Primarily Northwest and Southwest. No one makes the new colors anymore, I really hate the Gray and Red color for Northwest planes, and the old Southwest color is okay, but the new color is just way cool. I have to look at those colors in my AI traffic, and it looks like we are in the old days. So I said, "Hey, I should take it into my own hands and become a repainter!" I have some questions.


I use paint.NET, and want to know if I should really buy the Adobe software. It's called PaintShop, right?
How much does it cost? Is it really worth it, or should I use paint.net?

I have seen this "Abacus Repaint Studio". I have never seen anyone say that they have used it to do a repaint, is it hidden gold that no one ever bothers to go get? Or is it trash?

For some planes, like this freeware Ctation X, then if you only paint a single side of the fuselage and it gets mirrored and messes up text, then is there a way to fix it? I made this repaint of it that is supposed to be a private jet for a few of the players on the St. Louis Cardinals, but the logo got messed up on one side.

Are there any guides out there that actually tell you how to REPAINT IT, not talk and talk and TALK about putting little details on the plane, like dirt and water spots, and little stories about their life? Or is the art of repainting just kept a secret?


Thanks,
Virtual_Pilot