A hearty well done to the Strikemodels team for another great fiberglass hull. All of the dimentions are correct. Hull has a nice uniform thickness. The upper edges are nice and even. My favorite part of the hull is the armor belt. I have read that the actual ships had the armor belt welded right on top of the hull plating, and the belt on the Alaska hull matches my plan set, and has a step at both the upper, and lower edges. So for the formats that allow two stingers on the hulls that require them, I can keep the armor belt as-is, and keep the ultra-scale appearance. (Which I like). But for the formats that only allow one stringer, it would be a simple task to feather in the lower edge of the belt, and leave the upper edge as-is, and the hull will still look great on the water. So thanks again to Stephen, and Keri, for getting another fiberglass hull on the market. Especially one that might be loved by many, but prefered by the few, when it comes to combatants. Thanks also to those that started this project, and those that put forth the effort to make sure that it would be finished eventually. Some of us have seen similar really cool projects get started, only to die an early death, simply because there wasn't enough interest in it. I am not sure who all was involved in this wonderful project. But if anyone else knows, perhaps you can post it here, so that we can all offer up our gratitude. I am extremely excited about getting started on this build. Especially with the other build-up of the U.S. fleet with the Iowa class ships, and the Omaha class cruisers. So thanks again to all that made this possible. Mikey
