eibwarrior-I have been lurking in the wings of your thread so to speak, watching you slowly take this kit of paper, and turn it into a work of art. The time and attention you have spent on building this once great battleship is truly an honor to those who served on her decks.
I must say that we all, here on the forum, will leave comments like "looks good" or "keep it up". These words do not do justice to the project we see before us here.
While I am one of the "Gen X'ers" and have never heard a shot fired in anger, I have read enough and talked to a few World War 2 veterans, to personally believe they were the "Greatest Generation".
Your model of paper and metal captures a moment in time that we will never see again. That to me is very profound. You may not have considered this when building this beautiful model, but it struck me as I was looking at those figures on her decks.
If this model gets just one teenager to look twice and ask a question, then maybe there is hope for us after all. Thank you very much for sharing your passion with us.