Thanks for the kind words everyone!
As to the tail-hook, it's not much to see really. I mainly wanted the tailhook to peek out from the side view, and wasn't too concerned about it looking accurate underneath. (My pet theory is "who looks at the bottom of a model?"
). I took measurements from the Special Hobby Seafire III using my handy-dandy scale ruler left over from drafting class in '82 and '83. The forward portion of it should have a little "bump" in it, but I just scribed it straight. As you can see, I'm not good at scribing straight lines, so curves are not going to happen.
I took the measurements, drew it out on paper, and used the paper to make a template of three layers of Tamiya tape. I then applied it to the model and scribed. Worked OK. Then I drilled out some holes, and used my xacto and a file to make the hole. The tail hook is simply a piece of melted and bent sprue, sanded to a very rough "beak". Anyway.... it's not pretty, nor particularly accurate, but it was a fun little diversion.