Time for an update, here is an overall picture of the revised and tweeked hull at the moment:
That's a fair few changes to get it to a more correct shape!
Here's the smoothed out towed array pod now with an alloy insert to make the array wire exit hole the correct size and allow it to be filed to a more corect profile without running out of plastic, that's a 1/72nd scale Spitfire you can see in the shot, which gives you a good idea of the size of the akula model:
And if you don't know how big a 1/72nd scale Spitfire is, here's the same model with a 2 pence piece to compare it against:
The hull halves are not the best fit in the world, not disastrously bad, but quite a bit of sanding and filling is required to get rid of the join line, you can see some of the more extreme filling on the middle here:
And so, detailing of the hull comences, since I removed the raised detail from all but a few places, there's quite a bit of this to do, here you can see I have begun to scribe in the communications pod doors, the fairleads and centreline door break have yet to be added:
Chock