By the way, I got so into posting I forgot to say THANK YOU for the compliments and encouragement! It helps when you're working on the same model day in and out. The good part is that every component is unique and so actually it's a different ship everyday - sometimes literally!
COS918 - She handles beautifully! Very responsive and very 2-D. Very little bank in the turns - even with all that pod hanging far below the hull bottom. It's flat bottomed so it helps. It would make a good gun platform
Hopefully the massive hanger deck won't affect that much - especially in a breeze!
Sputnikk - There are no plans! I took a few concept drawings not intended for plans and "improvised." That means that a lot of the engineering I had to do was complicated. The part looked good on paper until I went to engineer it! Something called "anime magic." It looks good in the drawing / cartoon until you make it a reality. For that reason the modeling part is not 100% perfect, but close enough.
I did make my own side profile plan and yes, did blow them up page by page on my printer doing a mosaic of sorts. I can't tell you how many feet of carbon fiber are in the upper hanger deck areas!!! The home grown plan allowed me to place the carbon down like standard ship / plane plans. It's easy to get out of alignment with six feet of model!
AndyGH - Yes, it's a labor of love. Four years planning and a LOT of pondering. Of yeah, and then there's that money thing too!!! I wish I was keeping track because I'm sure I passed the £500 / $1000 mark some time ago! Of course that's spread out over about three years.