Thanks for the input guys,
yeah.. about the panelling colour thingy

I had the whole ship finished up with blues and different shades of gray, and no matter what i was just not happy with the way it looked, so i went for a dash of white / light grey and low and behold, i smiled

when i release the model, i will release the psd files and all the panelling is on seperate layers so it a simple enough task to change their hue and brightness / contrast to each persons taste.
thank you.