...some say Tomato, some say Nagato.. to each its own!

Isn't there an "e" on tomato? I thought he meant Yamato.

Tomatoe, Tomato, Yamatoe, Yamato...even Nagato! (Nagatoe? )..........no such thing as an ugly ship in my eyes, IMHO, they're all fine lookin' girls..........

This is my favorite version of the Kongo. As built. Btw, I do believe that most of the Japanese capital ships were influenced by the British. Kenny

Indeed, the Kongo class was designed by a Brit. Frank

I'm with you Mark. There is no such thing as an ugly battleship (post dreadnaught)in fact until the recent chunk boxes came out in the 70's and later they all were beauties....carriers,crusiers, destroyers PT's. Now days , they all look alike (crusiers, destroyers, frigates) and even then I would hardly label them as butt ugly.

Yeah, he meant Yamato, but I have the Nagato in my Stash-o Everytime I see a pic of the Kongo, I wish I had waited and purchased that one instead of the Nagato-e

Jim: It isn't like you lost when choosing the Nagato. It is definitly a first class kit as well as the Kongo. They just wanted to sell over inflated PE sheets, whereas Fujimi pretty much left rails and some details to be swapped out. I have seen the Nagato with the PE done up with up close and personal pictures of the bridge and can testify how awesome that is.

I think the Ticos and Burkes look very different- Ticonderogas have the flat, imposing superstructure front (which I think looks very strong), and Arleigh Burkes are a little more sleek and fast looking, as a destroyer should be. And the Ticonderoga still looks sufficiently different from the Spruance class, despite having pretty much the same hull. But maybe I'm just weird.