[magatsu1]

I always figured cubic mapping was for ships up to (at most) small cruiser size and below.

Right now I'm planar mapping groups of faces before adding tiles.

[Taristin]

I use cubic for all of my ships, unless I'm trying to get a fancy bit of UVing done. Then, I'd do planar.

If you want it to be a uniformed size, just remember the dimensions of the plane when you map, and keep applying it in the same dimension.

[magatsu1]

I just paint the object as I have with the test texture then planar map anything that needs correcting. I'm still new to texturing though, so I'm still experimenting.