[phlsti]

thanks Don, and I was right there until I erased the contents of the .bmp file in the paint program and resaved it as newstream_paint.bmp. When I re-opened planemaker, my newstream.acf was still showing on the screen -- not invisible. Even changed the .acf file name to newstream.acf, but still can see it.

I tried erasing the .bmp file completely from the folder, but no change. Going to misc objects and putting my new fuselage.obj in the first blank, but it doesn't show on the screen. Sorry to be so dense, which is what I feel, know I'm missing something here ........ just can't get it to work.
Phil