That sounds like good advice, Jim.
After drawing up the sideview tonight it looks like this chosen "scale" of the original drawing might work out pretty good. I'm working from a drawing that was published in Stunt News magazine.
I'm just measuring key points on the drawing and multiplying by 3...so the wing ends up about 33" and the fuselage about 24 " long.
The original was a profile plane, but I'd rather do a built up fuselage to try to capture as much of a "Jet" look as I can.