If anyone ever figures out what the hel is going on with FSX, I sure would like them to inform me. I've had it for over-a-month and can't figure it out no how.
My repaint went transparent

EDIT:
O.K., I admit it . . . I'm an idiot!
I renamed the texture.cfg in the aircraft folder to see what would happen but forgot about it, We should all now know the texture.cfg file calls the requisite files from the main texture folder. Smiple? You bet.