Ok, today marks the first occurance of what may be a new habit of mine. As Edi noticed with the Mystere model, the texture gives a much better impression of shape, as well as the bare metal texture the plane is supposed to have. This is somewhat new in my models. I've used gradients plenty, but the DC-10 project saw some changes in my work, which included attempting to mimic the look of shiney metal with flat printed color (a futile effort in the end, but I think I found a happy medium). Before that, I had only used one grey to simulate this, and I found it severely lacking.
So now I've gone back, and revised my most popular model, the English Electric Lightning, using this new technique, and the end result is quite pleasing, if I do say so myself. Look out for re-texturing of many other of my aircraft, including the F-86, MiG-15, F-105, Su-7, Su-9, etc.
I'm also considering a second version of the Lightning, with full wings instead of flat stock stuck together, also like my more recent models.
Let me know how much you guys want this, or if you want me to go ahead and move on to other projects. Also, let me know what models you all want next. I'm still working on the Yak-25 and Su-56 textures, but those won't take long.