SJ, yeah in the model sheet, the Blackbird looks very chunky. It may just be the perspective though. I understand you wanting to do that one anyway. I was the same when I started a project 2 years ago. I started unfolding meshes from the Star Trek game -Birth of the Federation. I wanted to do them all even though I knew some of them wouldn't make great papermodels. Just because they were from the game. I scrapped it in the end though as the meshes were that poor.
Well, I've started mine, something to do on the quiet until I get another mesh from you. Maybe I'll plan my Blackbird for a larger more detailed model?
At least you caught it now(Astral Queen problem), especially if now it'll be a better model as a result.
I didn't get to do any work on the shuttle yesterday. I'll get to it later this afternoon.