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| Iowa |  | 8 | 24 | Model Ships Ahoy | | | | |
| Yamato |  | 8 | 24 | Battler's Connection | Bryan Finster | B | A | Much closer to scale than any previous Yamato hull. Everything is correct with the exception of the boat hangers which lack the correct radius. No compromises to the hull shape have been made to ease sheeting so sheeting skill is required. His superstructure is very scale but is made of heavier resin. Hopefully he will make a fiberglass option available in the future. |
| Bismarck |  | 6.5 | 24 | Battler's Connection | | | | |
| Bismarck | | 6.5 | 24 | Model Ships Ahoy | | | | |
| Littorio |  | 6.5 | 24 | Model Ships Ahoy | | | | |
| Nagato | | 6 | 24 | Battler's Connection | Gerald Roberts | A | A | Nice job of duplicating the massive bulges that this class has; great layup which includes the casments; deck kit is a must along with the superstructure which is accurate and expeditious for an intermediate to advanced building project. |
| North Carolina | | 6 | 24 | Battler's Connection | Bob Hoernemann | A | A | The NC hull by BC is very good. It has the correct scale bulges and armor belt. This makes for some extra work sheeting the ship but is much nicer then the slab sided hulls. BC also has the skegs molded into the hull cutting down another construction step if they were not there. The layup and thickness of the hull where perfect. I've had it in many battles and the hull is holding up very well. The length of the armor belt had extra material in it. A must for the 1/8" stringer. |
| South Dakota | | 6 | 26 | Battler's Connection | | | | |
| Fuso (B) | | 5.5 | 26 | Battler's Connection | Brandon Smith | B | A | I have built 2 Fuso's from the BC hull. Very good layup that is quite strong but not too thick. The only thing I do not like about the hull is the omission of the casemate guns. The sides are smooth the entire length of the ship. This probably eases layup, but all the other BC hulls with similar features now have them molded in and I would like to see the same done with the Fuso hull. Other than that, it is a great hull! |
| Maryland (B) | | 5.5 | 26 | Battler's Connection | Chris Pearce | A | A | One of Charley's best! He really did the research on this one and the quality shows. |
| Scharnhorst | | 5 | 24 | Battler's Connection | Chris Pearce | C | A | A nice looking ship but the armor belt is located too low on the hull and the hull has excessive volume. Probably suffers from poor source material. |
| Iron Duke |  | 5 | 26 | Battler's Connection | Brian Lamb | C | A | 1) Bow height is 1/2" too short and does not match the height at the aft end of the forecastle deck which is correct.
2) Ram bow is incorrect (I have been told this was done to ease layup)
3) First several inches of the bow are shaped incorrectly (too thick and plow shaped)
4) Casemate decks are different heights (starboard casemates are shorter than port)
The fiberglass layup is excellent. With a bit of elbow grease, the issues with the bow are correctable with some judicious application of wood, glass and resin. The problem with the casemate heights is negligible as it is fairly easily concealed. Should make an excellent combat ship overall. |
| Konig |  | 5 | 28 | Battler's Connection | Chris Pearce | A | A | Another excellent hull in Charley's stable. Well researched and built. |
| Kongo (WW1) | | 4.5 | 24 | Model Ships Ahoy | | | | |
| Lion | | 4.5 | 24 | Battler's Connection | Clark Ward | A | A | Good solid hull, no voids nor air bubbles. Floats at scale waterline at scale weight, and the lines look right. The hull I purchased is still in good shape 6 years later. |
| Seydlitz | | 4.5 | 26 | Battler's Connection | | | | |
| Andrea Doria | | 4.5 | 28 | Battler's Connection | | | | |
| Von der Tann | | 4 | 26 | Battler's Connection | Chris Pearce | A | A | Charley did a great job on this one. |
| Florida | | 4 | 28 | Model Ships Ahoy | | | | |
| Mississippi | | 4 | 28 | Battler's Connection | | | | |
| Nassau | | 4 | 28 | Model Ships Ahoy | | | | |
| Baltimore | | 3.5 | 23 | Model Ships Ahoy | | | | |
| Des Moines | | 3.5 | 23 | Battler's Connection | Brandon Smith | B | B | The Des Moines under construction in our club is a great looking ship. A little bit lacking in scale lines around the bow but otherwise a decent hull. The hull has appropriate volume. |
| Lutzow | | 3.5 | 23 | Model Ships Ahoy | Bryan Michenfelder | A | NR | This is a nice bulged hull originally by Ralph Coles. It has great lines and is nice and roomy while being in scale. It has a much nicer presentation than the slab sided ones out there. My hull had a little thick at the nose but it was well within my allowable solid area. My son loves this ship. |
| Prinz Eugen | | 3.5 | 23 | Battler's Connection | John Pardus | A | B | The new Prinz Eugen hull from Battler's Connection is a beauty to behold. A little sanding was required to remove a mold line at the center of the hull along the bottom, but other wise it is free of any flaws. The hull is strong and the glass is thick as many of the hulls now coming from Battler's Connection. |
| Prinz Eugen | | 3.5 | 23 | Model Ships Ahoy | | | | |
| Radetzky |  | 3.5 | 28 | Battler's Connection | | | | |
| Cleveland | | 3 | 22 | Battler's Connection | | | | |
| Aoba | | 3 | 23 | Battler's Connection | | | | |
| Brooklyn | | 3 | 23 | Model Ships Ahoy | | | | |
| Mogami | | 3 | 23 | Battler's Connection | | | | |
| Suffern |  | 3 | 23 | Battler's Connection | Chris Pearce | C | A | One of Charley's earlier efforts. It's good looking but suffers from poor source material and has an excessive amount of hull volume. Even when illegally heavy it still has too much freeboard. |
| Brandon Smith | B | A | Great hull from Charlie though it does have a tad bit extra freeboard from scale. Mine is a good pound overweight yet still floats a bit above scale waterline. The hull itself is great very nice looking and quite durable. About the only downside I can think of is that the step is too far forward for the Foch/Dupleix which had slightly differing superstructures. |
| Atlanta | | 2.5 | 22 | Battler's Connection | Chris Pearce | D | A | Charley's Atlanta suffered from poor source materials and has an excessive amount of hull volume - to the point that even at the max +25% weight it still has too much freeboard. It also has too much curvature in the deck line. |
| Fiji | | 2.5 | 22 | Battler's Connection | | | | |
| Konigsburg | | 2.5 | 22 | Battler's Connection | | | | |
| Scharnhorst | | 2.5 | 26 | Battler's Connection | David Asman | A | A | This ship most likely has the largest hull volume in it's assigned MWC class (2) which is a real luxury for placing internal components. The hull design also permits a large amoung of solid area that will still conform to the MWC ruleset. A very satisfactory secondary ship. |
| Clark Ward | A | A | Scale-wise, it's not only got the over shape right, but it has well-defined shapes molded correctly, even in places that sadly will never be seen in a combat model. In short, it looks good enough to do a detailed scale model with. The layup is 99% perfect, and they did not skimp on material in/around the many casements on this ship. Very happy with the hull. |
| Destroyer Escort | | 1.5 | 21 | Model Ships Ahoy | | | | |
| Mogador | | 1.5 | 21 | Battler's Connection | Bob Pottle | A | A | Ralph Coles built this mold and sold it to Battlers Connection. I have one of these and it is a very nice hull - light strong and with superb lines. |
| Z23 | | 1.5 | 21 | Battler's Connection | | | | |
| Capitani Romani | | 1.5 | 22 | Battler's Connection | John Bruder | A | A | A beautiful and very well made hull. This hull is of the highest quality and very accurately follows all available plans. Well done Charley. |
| Capitani Romani | | 1.5 | 22 | Model Ships Ahoy | | | | |
| Tromp |  | 1.5 | 22 | Model Ships Ahoy | | | | |
| I-400 | | 1 | 28 | Model Ships Ahoy | | | | |
| Altmark | | 0 | 34 | Battler's Connection | Bryan Michenfelder | B | B | A great hull, arrived with some cracks that were due to post office handling of the package. But all BC work was great, nice clean hull, lots of room to place batteries and motors. A very nice hull which can be made into hulls that works for British as well as German as some of her sisters were taken into British service after war/capture. |
| Liberty Ship | | 0 | 34 | Battler's Connection | Ty Siouxpancic | A | A | A very nicely executed hull for what should be the ubiquitous Allied convoy ship. |
| Liberty Ship | | 0 | 34 | Model Ships Ahoy | | | | |
