thanks f4u, but it wasn't a drag chute, it was the tailhook, it came out of the tail cone like on wildcats, it was changed to being integral with the tailwheel on the production run. i'm still trying to decide the best way to do it, so I decided to practice my shaping skills on the tailcone. every time i notice a new bit of scale detail, i notice somthing else I did wrong! I just noticed I messed up the turtledeck shape when i moved the cockpit forward, how to fix that, hmm......

psycho, here's a photo of the 3views i have, i'll scan it and e-mail if you'd like