Wish I had this picture 3 weeks ago before I started my profile. I altered the photo to flight angle and then positioned it under my .ai illustration. How many things are wrong here....where do I start?
To begin with, the nose is too short by about 6 scale inches. Jester was right, the spinner IS slightly angled, and to boot it's too small. Being too short, everything forward of the cockpit is out of whack. The chin scoop is too deep and has far too sharp an angle of attack and needs to be sloped up towards the front as well as getting repositioned further forward. The upper cowl needs to be moved up and has a bit of curvature to it, so that means the MG troughs have to be adjusted as well. The forward air intakes also leave a noticeable step in the upper cowl line. The supercharger intake is far too fat at the rear and the entire exhaust stack array is too short (by the same 6").
The canopy is also short by a few inches, and the radio mast is both too tall and too far forward. That's because the rear glazing needs to slope downwards towards the back rather than being flat like it is. The hand hold and foot rest are both too far forward and too small. The fuselage is not bad, but still needs adjustment and all the panel lines are in the wrong position. Most need to be moved back a few inches. The rudder is essentially correct in outline, but the radio mast attachment point is too high on the rudder and the hinge line is completely wrong. The positioning of the hinges are wrong, and so is the position of the rudder control cable. The tail wheel opening is too long, and the tentative position I had for the wheel is too long unless they compress under weight while in a ground situation.
The line of the belly isn't too bad, but still needs a bit of adjustment. The wings are pretty much useless except for the radiator scoops which are pretty much spot on. They are too narrow at the root and REALLY narrow at the tip unless that is camera distortion. The upper line of the wing root fillet is correct, but far too low. All in all, a less than stellar result from my second serious attempt, and I'm not really sure about how I go in and fix things up....especially the wings. How the hell did I get things so badly wrong? I've also included the adjusted drawing as it is so far (still in progress) so that you can compare to the original and see for yourself.
