As the title states, I'm trying to figure out how to remap (enlarge / increase dimensional area) for textures on specific parts of the aircraft model. 

 

I have started repainting aircraft again to match themes of aircraft I'm around in real life. I'm running into an issue with the legacy aircraft like the carenado 152 and 172 where the texture plate for the mirrored or reversed N number on the opposite side of the aircraft is too small for use with my accurate N number design on the main texture. Please see my attachments for an example of this. I'm trying to find out how to go about remapping the texture image using a larger image that can support a mirror slice from my design. Maybe from another texture file all together? I'm not exactly sure where to start. So far my searching has yielded little results for this specific problem. I did happen to come across ModelConverterX (which is amazing), but I'm not sure what I want to accomplish can be done using this program. If it can, I just don't know how.

 

Does anybody have any tips or advice? (besides making the N number smaller fit within the little space).

Exactly the reason I stopped painting the C172N . Anything near to " realistic " is doomed before you start , too many mirrored textures , so no writing or only simple logo's on the tailfin and fuselage , Striping that continues on the top of the tailboom has serious warping issues ( and is mirrored )  and the placing of underwing registration ( common in most european countries ) is also placed on the wing upper surface which is not common . There is more but it's been so long since I even looked at the " paintkit " that I have forgotten a few as well .

As you stated yourself the only solution for the reg is to make it smaller and as an added note any text that you place has to be a lot smaller than you would imagine from the size shown on the texture sheet .

Most of what I mention above is also true for the C152II although to a lesser extent and have been quite successful painting that even though you do have to take some liberties now and again .

 

John Glanville