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Lou,
Great minds, indeed. I was thinking about doing the Sims class next. Oh, well! Maybe back up and do the Farraguts, or Porters? Also considering cruisers, but need to figure out how to splice keel, hull sides, etc that won't fit in one piece on letter size sheet in 1/600 scale.
The stack bases are indeed difficult to model correctly - very finicky.
I prefer to start attaching the hull sides at the stern, at the longitudinal bulkhead, so there is no gap or overlap. The hull can be trimmed at the bow if necessary. The parts go together pretty well for me.
I could go with fewer transverse bulkheads, and delete the slots, but I like rigid, sturdy, models. A modeler could leave out some bulkheads if they choose.
Scale on an 11x17 sheet? I use a 7" x 10" printable area so it will print on both 8 1/2" x 11" US letter size and the ISO A4 - 8" x 12". Allowing 1/2" all round the 11x17 would leave 10"x16". Vertically the max scale would be 600 * 7 / 10 = 420, so 1/420. Horizontally it would be 600 * 10 / 16 = 375, so 1/375. The max scale printed on 11 x 17 would be 1/420. if the parts were re-arranged, we might get something like 1/400. I have a printer that would handle 11x17, but cardstock in that size would be a special order.
Wayne
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