Thanks y'all! Seems to have gone down well ^_^
Got some time now, and since it was requested, will see if I can make a start on an aircraft of some sort. No guarantees when it'll be done though.
Yeah, was actually considering building an entire scene around it, and then also making a HDR map for the model from a screenshot of EU. Think it would have brought it to life a bit more, since proper surroundings would be reflected. Or instead of a scene, do it like you said. Although instead of a backplate I'd put the vehicle in the middle of a vertical tube, texturing the inside of the tube with the screenshot, so it's wrapped all the way around the model.
Ahhh.... the lazy grey box background.
I'm using 3DS Max 2010, and rendering with the Mental Ray renderer.