Whoa, I guess all my yadda-yadda about reflections and surface textures etc. was playing right into this new up-date, wasn't it?

Chiaroscuro eh Ming? Oh you impress me evermore for each day... I personally hope for a Bruegel the elder snow landscape look of the sim terrain, something like http://www.oldmasterpiece.com/painting-en_2007.html

True that the wing surfaces seem a bit too slippery, but that is just a question of tweaking effects, i guess. I really like the "live" play of light and reflections along the body, when viewed from behind, that will make it so much more realistic to be on someone's six o'clock.