Texturing?
How do I get my inspection panels and covers to look more realistic?  I am doing the texture mapping on my aircraft using layers to make the various paint jobs.  My top layer is the panels and screws.  I can’t seem to make them look very 3D, in fact I am not even sure if you can do bump mapping in FS9 or FSX.  The screen capture is taken from FS9 while the other image is the same area from the texture map enlarged to see the details.  Those line showing the inspection panels are only one pixel wide, the screws are 2 wide, yet they look way too thick in the sim.  Anyone know where I can go to get info on techniques for painting these types of detail?

Try creating actual panels on a new layer instead of drawing them out with lines. In PSP I create panels with anti-laised edges, put a slight bevel on them for 3D effect, and then do a drop shadow under them with a blur of 5. Then I set that shadow to about 50% opacity. Details of this process all depend on what type of panel it is, but that's about my usual routine. Hope that helps.
John