1911 frame

This is the receiver/frame of a colt 1911 .45 caliber handgun.
eventually it will be the whole handgun, but i need to model it still. as it stands, I'm pretty proud of how just the frame turned out. it's modeled to exact specifications as laid out in the original blueprints (at least, to the best of my abilities it is)

modeled in blender (19 hours)
rendered in yafray

3150 polys (without subsurfacing)
50000+ polys (with subsurfacing)