Hello!
On our forums there already was a thread about putting the aircraft on the mirror. Here is the one showing finished dio:
cs.finescale.com/…/1264000.aspx
There was also another one, with the WIP (work in progress).
As for the exhaust, once there was a photo in the FSM showing an F14 suspended on a tinted clear plastic rods coming straight out of the engine nozzles - that looked good, might be worth a try. Good luck with your project, have a nice day
Paweł