Mooney Paint Schemes

[Bigdaddie]

I'm trying to narrow down a paint scheme for my M20K.

I'd like to see suggestions and PICs of airplanes that made you go WOW!  Here's one that I like but needs to be tweeked.

Steve

[LANCECASPER]

Yeah I'm not sure why the "A" on the tail for Acclaim on a K model. 

[Bigdaddie]

26 minutes ago, LANCECASPER said:

Yeah I'm not sure why the "A" on the tail for Acclaim on a K model. 

Because it looks good, I guess.

[ArtVandelay]

Yeah I'm not sure why the "A" on the tail for Acclaim on a K model. 

They copied it off an Acclaim, I did something similar, but I move the stripes lower so they didn’t get split by the back windows. I kept all the stripes off the control surfaces as well because I didn’t want to add extra weight to them. And kept the stripes off the handles/locks.

[Bigdaddie]

3 minutes ago, ArtVandelay said:

They copied it off an Acclaim, I did something similar, but I move the stripes lower so they didn’t get split by the back windows. I kept all the stripes off the control surfaces as well because I didn’t want to add extra weight to them. And kept the stripes off the handles/locks.

Looks good Tom.  What do they call that blue, is a Sherwin-Williams color?  I don't know why people run the stripes through the rear windows.  I also am going to keep color changes from the cowling mounting surfaces.

[Greg Ellis]

This is a Mooney from another thread on Mooneyspace.  I think this is one of the nicest looking Mooneys I have seen.

[Bigdaddie]

Yea I'm always a fan of the greys but it will never work in central California in the summer (eventhough the airplane is hangered). 

 

[GMBrown]

My K

[Bigdaddie]

GMBrown,

Nice looking K.  Can I steal that K on the tail design?

[ArtVandelay]

Looks good Tom.  What do they call that blue, is a Sherwin-Williams color?  I don't know why people run the stripes through the rear windows.  I also am going to keep color changes from the cowling mounting surfaces.

Don’t know, I picked it out of a sample book of 100s of colors. I think it’s pretty close to Royal Blue.

[Bigdaddie]

I like this one a lot too.  I want something that will look good for resale value if it comes to that.

[gmonnig]

Here’s mine. The curved paint on the tail is perfect for the trim on our planes. Doesn’t ever look like the paint lines are are off. 

[carusoam]

We’re going to need to see some good letter designs to beat the Acclaim’s A!

+1 For GMB’s K…

There have been some memorable designs around here over the years…

…and some copies that ruffled some feathers….  Watch for trade mark or design infringement….

 

Selecting colors is also interesting…

The brightest paint job belonged to MTL… he went with bright orange on the BMW design group’s layout…. Find @orangemtl
 

Selecting a tail number is always cool… find the Pi plane…. Look close for the decimal point in the tail number… @aviatoreb

 

Nicest reds and wavy checkers…. Byron must have worked extra hard perfecting their layout… @jetdriven

Finest refresh of original art… @Bob_Belville really dressed up his forever-plane…. It looked new from the factory…

 

Keep in mind there are many really cool paint schemes and color selections around here including a really nice Ovation in Canada…

These are just the few that came immediately to mind….

Spend a lot of time on the design layout… Forever planes last a really long time…. 

Best regards,

-a-

 

[Will.iam]

I’m partial to these

[carusoam]

When selecting an organization to do the design work…

Check for pireps around here…

One has a lot of good pireps….

Best regards,

-a-

[aviatoreb]

4 hours ago, carusoam said:

We’re going to need to see some good letter designs to beat the Acclaim’s A!

+1 For GMB’s K…

There have been some memorable designs around here over the years…

…and some copies that ruffled some feathers….  Watch for trade mark or design infringement….

 

Selecting colors is also interesting…

The brightest paint job belonged to MTL… he went with bright orange on the BMW design group’s layout…. Find @orangemtl
 

Selecting a tail number is always cool… find the Pi plane…. Look close for the decimal point in the tail number… @aviatoreb

 

Nicest reds and wavy checkers…. Byron must have worked extra hard perfecting their layout… @jetdriven

Finest refresh of original art… @Bob_Belville really dressed up his forever-plane…. It looked new from the factory…

 

Keep in mind there are many really cool paint schemes and color selections around here including a really nice Ovation in Canada…

These are just the few that came immediately to mind….

Spend a lot of time on the design layout… Forever planes last a really long time…. 

Best regards,

-a-

 

I get to post my picture twice in one day thanks to Anthony's call outs

[Bigdaddie]

11 hours ago, carusoam said:

When selecting an organization to do the design work…

Check for pireps around here…

One has a lot of good pireps….

Best regards,

-a-

I'm thinking of Robert at FlightLines.

[TCC]

This is one of my more favorite scheme shamelessly stolen from a different thread here. Don’t know who’s it is, but I like it.

[Parker_Woodruff]

6 minutes ago, TCC said:

This is one of my more favorite scheme shamelessly stolen from a different thread here. Don’t know who’s it is, but I like it.

@Hank

[David Lloyd]

I still like straight lines.

[Hank]

11 hours ago, aviatoreb said:

I get to post my picture twice in one day thanks to Anthony's call outs

MY picture was posted twice in one day by other people!  

[Hank]

35 minutes ago, Parker_Woodruff said:

@Hank

Yes, that's me--zoom in, you can almost recognize me flying. The paint was done two owners before me.

Once upon a time, I saw another Mooney with the same design in shades of blue. Wish I had a taken a picture!

[geoffb]

3 hours ago, David Lloyd said:

I still like straight lines.

 

Me too

 

 

[LANCECASPER]

2 hours ago, geoffb said:

Me too

 

 

When I owned this airplane 30 years ago it was N5655T and it had straight lines too (https://www.dropbox.com/s/pvpl4uh9zcjbv09/N5655T 25-0759.jpg?dl=0)

[Pinecone]

Agreed