Yea, the key phrase is "hopefully will resemble"...
We're going to leave the tail in the stock position and also leave the wing in the stock shape - I'm no aircraft designer and I don't want to change the flying characteristics. Our changes are mainly going to be rounding the fuselage, making the inlets look more like a Banshee - with the "fake" twin and the engine in the stock location as you said, adding the tip tanks (from a Ziroli Panther), and changing the canopy a bit.
That, and a Banshee paint job, should make it look "cool" and different enough that Louie will be happy with it. Oh, and we're also going to add BVM dropable bombs - for the "cool" factor too...
Bob