What had happened is my friend had asked me what I was up to, so at that point, I rendered what I had and sent it to him...
Then I put on the windshield, refined the edges a bit, made the wings a little less sharp (and a tiny bit more metallic), and put better lighting on it...
and then quit without saving, because unlike 90%+ of apps out there, it doesn't have a "your work will be lost, do you still want to quit?" thing on it....
and when I reloaded, it was even before the pic that I rendered for my friend...
so I posted the pic that I had at that point, even though my file was better at one time, and at present it's even worse...
go figure...
SESO, I guess...