Lynx: The hull shape was not changed--but you might notice I removed the two forward sets of vents near the nose on the fuselage and on the lower pod. It was for aesthetic reasons I did this--in order to accomodate the shark mouth design. Looks sleeker anyway. I thought it was weird to have a vent at the cockpit when there's nothing at the cockpit needing to vent anyway.
Viper61: I made my Excalibur to scale as well. When you put the Vampire up next to the Excal, the Vamp is quite tiny.
The original shark mouth was on the thrust vectoring engine pods on the outboard sides. I thought it was quite awkward to have a shark mouth out on the wings o I moved them to the nose where they are commonly found.
I should have been more clear in my statement. Panthers are my favorite WCP fighters. I just also wanted to see a Broadsword done. I know broadswords aren't in Prophecy (though, the Devastator reminds me a LOT of the broadsword)
I really liked the Broadsword, just a shame it had no afterburners or decent engines!! On prophecy, the Vampire was one of my faves and, like Cam, the Pirahna and Panther too.