Here's my latest profile...a favorite of mine: the RA-5C...sleak and beutiful from any angle.
I have done several RA-5C before this one, but I think this one have got a better shading on top of the intake, compared to my previous renditions.
Also, the detail level of this one is far better than wht i have done before...
Nice job! This airplane was really ahead of the times--first side mounted 2-D inlet, all-moving vertical tail, etc.
For your consideration in tweaking, how about adding the wing root extension (and its shadow) and modifying the aft fuselage details per the photos of the bird in the Gallery photos?
Nice work. One of my favourites. Only comment I'd make is that it lacks the heavy look of the original bird, which isn't exactly a tiny Skyhawk or something. Anyone has ideas on how to do that? Possibly by reducing the highlights a bit?