well if you keep it as a cat then the next model (if this one doesn't put you off) should be no problem, no matter what hull it has! as the not entirely relevant saying goes, train hard, fight easy. train easy, fight hard.
Oh there won't be another cat...
Well, the blueprints contradict that. Let's see how this looks and when she's 100% done I'll see if I want to change it.(Ignore the black steps, I'll fix that in a sec)