"but she was a pretty simple and plain-looking design, which may be a deterrent for modelers and kit-makers."
Not to me! The "plain-ness" is a definite plus as far as building these ships. I find them very interesting due to the fact that they were still "pure" battleships. No radar, no AA, just (mostly) big guns to fire at other ships with. Which is not to say I have no interest in later ships, right up through the Iowas and beyond, but as a modeler, I'm a bit intimidated by all of that secondary armament, AA, rafts, radar, etc...
Predreadnoughts and WWI dreadnoughts , battlecruisers, and superdreadnoughts? Oh, yeah, the more, the better!
Scott K.