How to paint an airplane: The thickness of these paint layers is very important, since each additional layer of paint adds weight to the aircraft.

Whatever you think of the merger of American Airlines and US Airways, the rebranding has provided an answer to one burning question: how a plane gets a makeover with a shiny new paint job.

This model airplane is a trainer, an evolution of the project we made some time ago, the Joytrainer, that airplane was big ...