Thx,
Funny, I looked back at the thread I started at CG society, and found your reply from 2009:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=43&t=756848&page=2&pp=15
:D:D
I am really not an example to be followed, believe me, I'm already at 210 K polys, where some might need 21 K for it.
I'll upload an "unturbo" wire of the hull for you in a moment. I think all start like this, get the main part in one piece.
I start making half of the hull and at the end apply symmetry.
This part was a b****:
Wing gets extruded: