lost pics!

Unfortunately I managed to loose all of the early photos I took of building the model!!! I either erased them or stuck them in a folder some where "safe" so as to never find them.
Anyways, after spending 2 days looking for them I decided to just post what I have.

Here's the bow. I made the entire hull from scratch using the old wooden ship technique with streamers of plastic over ribs cut to fit the contours of the hull. What she actually looked like under the waterline is a complete mystery, but I figured that it was something between the Titanic and the USS Arizona, since they were all built within a decade or so from each other. I also relied in theses pics of the USS Texas:

And the USS Delaware:

For above the waterline this plan Benn found was the greatest help!

From there I got this:

So there is the hull with the streamers and the running gear (propellers and rudder). Next post I'll start attacking the superstructure :)