'Donald', that boat looks NICE!!
Good work on her, my father was a submariner on old 'Fleet Boats' and 'Guppy II'-class boats, he once made a trip to NAUTILUS when she was decom.....it brought some good memories of my Dad and his stories he told me about this boat.
ALSO......thanks for pointing out on how to attach that Long strip of PE onto a model. I am a model ship builder and had the opportunity to attach, maybe not as long, of a piece of PE onto the side of an island of a modern LST of the JMSDF. It was a bit of a problem, but now I'm worried that it could "pop-off" later. IF, I had to do the same thing on another model, I'll follow your advice.
Again, Nice Work like the colors and the screws look good!!
Mario