Well, as I now encountered a big deal of new CF ships, I have to say, I like the models, they are well done, but the textures seem to be a bit lacking... I mean, compared to the vanilla freelancer ships, some CF ships seem kinda blurry and not very detailed. For example, that ship mirage-x has very bad textures, almost looks as it was painted in MS Paint :/, and that ruins the expirience of playing...
For example, the Shooting Star: a combination of white with a light blue cockpit would make it much more visually attractive, as white is often associated with modern tehnology. The current gray combination makes it look too plain... well, that's my opinion atleast.
I hope they will be better in CF 1.8