www.aircraftpaintschemes.com not for Mooneyspace

[Mac201]

I am preparing to repaint my J model.  I was excited to begin looking at paint schemes, so I paid my $39.99 to sign up for .aircraftpaintschemes.com. What a waste of my money.  They only have 30 Mooney schemes and most all are old and completely outdated.  So, I have parted with my $40.  Anyone considering the site, do not waste your money.

Any suggestions on goods places to review cool Mooney schemes?

[jetdriven]

Check the photo section here, there are some super nice ones.  Jezzie just did one which is superb.  So did Mooneygirl.

[Jeff_S]

So the little missus finally agreed to spend the dough, eh? Where are you going to have 1RP painted?

[Lionudakis]

I looked through tons of pics on Flightaware, Airliners.net, and google images. Most any paint shop can re create a scheme with some photos. Another page is http://www.schemedesigners.com, again they don't have many schemes.

[Mac201]

OK, Jeff you know that I am the man of the house and I can do what I want... Yes, I think my girl is on board for paint and interior.  I am looking for shops; talked to Tri- D in Wetumpka, AL this week.  Any prireps on them?  I am excited to look at schemes, sorry for my grumpy post this morning.

[RJBrown]

When I painted my old plane years ago I got blank drawings of the plane. Like below. I made 50 copies and kept drawing till I got what I wanted. I did look at as many other planes for ideas but in the end did a one off design of my own. When I got close I would color it using felt pens and hang it in my office to see what I thought. I had dozens of Mooney drawings hanging around till I finalized the design.

There are lots of pictures out there, use them for inspiration and find your own.

I have a side view on my desk at work. Thinking about the grey plane getting color.

[Mac201]

As an update to my post. I complained to www.aircraftpaintshcemes.com about their lack of Mooney paint schems and they refunded my payment. I guess they are better for other brands of aircraft.

Thanks for all of the suggestions. It's fun looking at all the possibilities.

[kris_adams]

Very excited to hear about your painting adventure.  I'm in Atlanta and will be doing the same thing in a year or so.  Best of luck to you.

[KSMooniac]

There is a great option for Mooney paint schemes... Fantom and I have both used him with great success.  He used to own a Mooney, and has some great ideas/schemes "in stock" but will iterate with you until *you* are happy and then provide detailed plans to the paint shop.  Very highly recommended!  PM me if you want his info.

[fantom]

Quote: KSMooniac

There is a great option for Mooney paint schemes... Fantom and I have both used him with great success.  He used to own a Mooney, and has some great ideas/schemes "in stock" but will iterate with you until *you* are happy and then provide detailed plans to the paint shop.  Very highly recommended!  PM me if you want his info.

[231Pilot]

Ditto to KSMooniac and fantom's posts.  I just got my working drawings from the same designer they are talking about.  He is good, and he is a class act!  We spent about a month getting the design I wanted...he is a patient man.  I am attaching a copy of the final scheme.  My bird goes to the paint shop in January, I'll post pictures when she is done.

[KSMooniac]

Very nice, Lew!  He has a great eye for getting a scheme that works well with the challenging lines on a Mooney.

[flyboy0681]

Quote: KSMooniac

There is a great option for Mooney paint schemes... Fantom and I have both used him with great success.

[fantom]

Quote: flyboy0681

And what a great success it is. Not to feed Gary's ego, but his livery is one of the best I've ever seen on a Mooney. It's really to be admired.