Ship WHIF's I've found.

[Jschmus]

I was looking for more info regarding the 500,000-ton Japanese dreadnought mentioned in the Soviet Super Yamato thread, when I came upon this.  It makes the aforementioned dreadnought seem all the more plausible.

http://www.cwo.zaq.ne.jp/bface700/bb-tosa.JPG

[lenny100]

as a bild look very simple you need two yamato kits and two akagi

[anthonyp]

I love the unabashed insanity of that one, Jay.

[ChernayaAkula]

I love the unabashed insanity of that one, Jay.

Yup! 

Only noticed the three 46cm turrets on the sides below the flight decks after the third glance! 

[lenny100]

only noticed them after the last post

[Weaver]

I was looking for more info regarding the 500,000-ton Japanese dreadnought mentioned in the Soviet Super Yamato thread, when I came upon this.  It makes the aforementioned dreadnought seem all the more plausible.

http://www.cwo.zaq.ne.jp/bface700/bb-tosa.JPG

Aye caramba! That's bigger than some of the Japanese islands isn't it? 

[rickshaw]

I was looking for more info regarding the 500,000-ton Japanese dreadnought mentioned in the Soviet Super Yamato thread, when I came upon this.  It makes the aforementioned dreadnought seem all the more plausible.

http://www.cwo.zaq.ne.jp/bface700/bb-tosa.JPG

Aye caramba! That's bigger than some of the Japanese islands isn't it? 

Its crew is most probably the entire population of Tokyo!   

Now, we just need a Godzilla and the set is complete! 

[Joe C-P]

Hoo boy, imagine the turning radius on that behemoth!

[Weaver]

Hoo boy, imagine the turning radius on that behemoth!

Probably be easier to go around the world the other way than try to turn back....

[The Wooksta!]

Fantastic scratchbuild of the RMS Oceanic, which would have been White Star's answer to the Queen Mary.

http://titanic-model.com/models/edwards/

[CanisD]

The guy who made that one is making a new version based on some new research he's done.
http://titanic-model.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=123&topic_id=4263&mesg_id=4263&page=

[The Wooksta!]

Don't know if it's a whiff but it deserves to be posted anyway because it is a simply stunning piece of modelling:

http://cs.finescale.com/FSMCS/forums/t/135261.aspx

The wreck of the HMHS Britannic.  Ok, it's a real subject but as the ship was sunk in 1916 and not found until the 1970s, the condition has to be purely speculative.

[The Wooksta!]

Again, not a whiff but a stunning piece of modelling nonetheless:

http://website.lineone.net/~stu_williamson/Web%20pages/Wreck%20new%20page.htm

I saw this at Telford in 2000.  Absolutely stunning work.  72nd scale too.

[sequoiaranger]

Though you KNOW I like whiffed ships, especially ones that combine flightdeck with gunship, this one is just ludicrous, IMHO. Shows what "more" taken to excessive extreme would look like.

As a "carrier" all that superstructure beside the narrow flightdecks would create vicious turbulence and things for errant aircraft to run into. Surely that behemoth could not get up to a good turn of speed, so wind over the deck would be minimal (and turbulent). All those big guns CANNOT be used while flight operations are in effect, as the overpressure from the guns would tear aircraft apart. There is no room for a "hangar deck", as the flight deck is so low, and certainly there could not be a "deck park" anywhere near the guns, so aircraft capacity would suffer.

As a "dreadnaught", the ship would not dare to get near an enemy gun fleet, as the carrier parts are so vulnerable as to endanger the entire ship in a gun battle. In a gun duel the guns would have to fire OVER the carrier, damaging the carrier extensively and making ANY flight operations impossible. The behemoth could hardly turn, thus endangering it from either enemy shells, bombs or torpedoes that couldn't POSSIBLY miss!

At 500,000 tons, it is a massive WASTE of tonnage. You could have FOUR 60,000-ton ships instead, giving greater flexibility in deployment and specialty. Think of two Shinano-sized aircraft carriers plus two Yamato-type battleships instead of ONE mega-super-colossus. Or better yet, FOUR "Shokaku"s and two Yamatos.  In American terms, that might be FOUR Essex-class carriers and FOUR Alaska-type "battlecruiser"s. For "bang for the buck", that colossus just PALES in everything but sheer size. I know which I would rather command in a sea battle!

In comparison, Habakkuk is a BRILLIANT idea!

[dy031101]

For all their habit of over-analyzing and over-engineering an idea, I think the Germans actually had the right idea (relatively speaking) on aviation battleships- air defense (with planes) and commerce raiding (with guns; no fighting anything it can't outgun and nothing heavier than AA guns positioned to fire over the flight deck)- because of this.