Hi gents, i've done a bit of repainting in the past in Fs9 but this is my first foray into FSX. I'm having a bit of trouble putting the parts of the kit together so that everything aligns correctly and wondered if someone could give me a few tips on how it's done correctly. I've done a search on the net but the CS paintkits seem to be a bit of a mystery. I'm trying to do a Britannia repaint circa the 1970's. I tried to post an image but i have'nt made enough posts yet to be allowed to do so. I've completed the paint but there are little errors in alignment of the fuselage stripes and there seems to be an overlap where the middle and front sections join that are taking out a bit of the lettering of the "Britannia" on the fuselage.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks!

Hi Lex.

I have two questions. However. The first one requires some info before the question can be asked:

1) In the instructions here: http://captainsim.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337012845/7#7, when you talk about making large image and adding guides at Horizontal positions of  0 - 1958 - 2048 - 3915 - 4006 - 5963, the horizontal line 0 is at the very top. 1958 through 4006 appear on it going down, but 5963 is way below the lowest pixels of the image which are at 4096. In the attached image, there is a gap from the top of the image, down to the first line, from the front front of the image to the first line, which means they can't be at pixel 0. Also, the image extends beyond the guide lines on the right side and the bottom. What is the actual size of the new image that you place 04 through 09 on to? And what is the actual pixel location of all the guide lines? Mine looks a mess.

Here is your attached image:

See how there is a gap from the edges of the image before the blue guide lines.

2) How do you get the 04 through 09 psd files, from the paintkit, to sit within the guide lines? Mine keep ending up all overr the place.

Sorry to bother you, but I am trying to do my first Captain Sim repaint ever.

Markoz wrote on Jan 17^th, 2013 at 2:57pm:


Never mind, you're not bothering me at all. Give me a bit of time over the weekend and I will try to come up with better explanations and pics while doing another repaint.
best regards, Lex

Thank you very much for taking the time to reply Aflex, i will have a play around with it and hopefully will eventually have a livery i can use   . This Captain Sim 737 is a fantastic bit of modelling and is by far my favourite aircraft to use in FSX . The old Britannia red, white and blue livery brings back many memories of my first flight back in the early 70's...nope not telling you how old i am   .
As you can see the livery does'nt match and the main font is too small and missing a slight piece of the "a" it's the "B" on the other side. A bit more trial and error i think, more likely a complete re-do.

Hey Alan that's already looking very good! Keep it up.

This year I will have a pair of 5's, but I still feel like I'm 18. If you were to ask my wife, she would tell you that I still act like an 18yo too!

AlanJ wrote on Jan 19^th, 2013 at 1:30am:
Sounds like a good idea. Except that somehow I don't think I can drink like I did when I was young. I just don't care for it anymore. My kids often say they want to see me get drunk! But that hasn't happened yet.