First 2 consecutive days over 50 degrees in 7 weeks, here.
The first blizzard was 7 weeks ago. We STILL have that ice on our streets. It almost just barely started melting a couple of weeks ago (DOT crews went out clearing storm drains in anticipation) but then it snowed again. Almost every Friday, it seems. Anyways, we've got a week of 40-60 degrees (FINALLY) and hopefully it'll melt the stuff that's been blocking folks here for almost 2 months.
You have my sympathies, but I've already been there, already did that. I don't wish to repeat it

EDIT: Oh, and as for the skin, when you make the skin get all the panel lines to meet up on wings, fuselages, etc, and when you place markings you can use the panel lines as reference (10 pixels from the nearest panel line, for example). That will get you within 1-2 pixels lineup on the edges with stripes and such.