Perhaps it can be done in AH3. Would you mind posting a picture of them somewhere? I would love to see them.
Here's an early screenshot of it. Unimpressive from that angle and lighting, unfortunately. It's Bud Fortier's 355th FG Mustang. He wrote a book titled "An Ace of the Eighth" a few years ago. Someone was working on this skin a LOOOOOONG time back. Haven't heard a peep on it so I decided to give it a go.
I will have an updated screenshot with the bump mapping and other "fixes" not present in this picture (I changed the font on the WR*N, updated the tail number, etc.). I made the skin a lot shinier than my previous releases. Will see how that works offline for a few days--may even bump it up more before I am through with it.