I would make the cockpit black and don’t let the user change it.
Also I feel the silhouette of the ship looks the least appealing from behind… which is the most critical view if you are going for a star fox camera view.
some days ago i read space shooters are on a sinking ship, but look, here are 3 different projects on the first page of the showview forum.
8) cool stuff, bro
i prefer more detailed spacecrafts, but regarding starfox it´s really cool;)