Paint work is a big investment, with sizeable downtime and disassembly—and plenty of opportunity for buyer’s remorse. Doesn’t it make sense to plan every last detail of the paint scheme before pulling the trigger on the project?
Surprisingly it doesn’t always happen that way, and plenty of aircraft owners are left with good paint jobs but lousy airplane paint schemes. It’s not getting any easier. The automotive world is trickling new paint design trends into the aircraft world. You’ve seen them or own one—matte and semi-gloss schemes—plus bold color combinations that may or may not be in style a few years from now.