The fat lady has sung. When I started this thread 8 months ago, (Time flies when you are having fun ) the goal was to get some hard surface modeling experience using the Focke Wulf as a subject. I feel I have achieved that plus gained some extra experience in Photoshop. I'm sure there are areas that I can still improve and settings that I can tinker with but it is time to move on.

Lessons learned:
1. Have a clear goal. Knowing what you want in the end helps staying motivated and keeps the momentum going.
2. Have realistic expectations.
3. Listen to and accept critique. Try to understand the "why" behind it.
4. Experiment. There are more than one way to relieve kitty of its nine lives.
5. Have fun and don't take it too seriously.
6. Keep autosave on. (Plus a copy of the preferences folder)

Time for a new challenge.