Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 23:02:54 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [67.29.153.40] (HELO dparsons.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1b6) with ESMTP id 2372291 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 02 Jun 2003 22:28:21 -0400 Received: from dap [24.27.127.242] by dparsons.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.00) id A801209C0090; Mon, 02 Jun 2003 22:29:21 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <002d01c32977$cc4951b0$0700a8c0@dap> Reply-To: "Don Parsons" From: "Don Parsons" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Interesting aircraft paint scheme X-Original-Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 21:28:19 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 They typically call it car or auto wrapping. I found it very interesting too for the very same reason. So far the ones I have looked at start looking fairly unimpressive as you get closer. I suspect that most of that is limited by the resolution of the original artwork or photo image data. They print the images on a vinyl material. There are things that you can do to keep the cost down. One is to do a partial wrap (only cover part of the plane with the printed vinyl). The rest of the plane could be uncovered paint. The other thing is to have colored cut vinyl for the portions of the graphics that are solid colors and don't require the custom printed vinyl. Some of the advantages I can see would be that you could have a design that would be pretty expensive and complex for painting. Also, if you got tired of the design a few years down the road, you could always change it. If you have your own business, and you wrapped your plan with advertisement information for that business, I wonder if you could deduct part of the aircraft's costs on your taxes. Just some ideas.... Don Parsons