As you can see the hatches fit perfectly and there is no wonky surface distortion or rendering artifacts.
There is currently no interior faces on the hatch panels or interior of the nose. I would also have to add thickness and a hinge assembly. But that is all easy. I just drilled the doors to show that booleans can make very complex openings if you are willing to forgo the "I must smooth 100% of my model" mantra.
These a very cooperative surfaces without compound curves but even with more complex surfaces, all you do is build the basic base geometry throw a 2 or 3 division smooth on the easy husk geometry, then boolean out your holes.
"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Sir Isaac Newton, 1675
Last edited by ctbram; 31-12-2009 at 05:08 AM.