I finished these airplanes up the other day. The first one is The Comet and the second is The Silver Wing. They are both based on real planes, I just stretched them a bit.
This is Sir Patrick, my Knight in shinning armor. He's on the look out for any I created him in the 3D program, Maya and rendered it in mental ray. I painted the texture on his torso and face. It was a blast to work on!