Could the Hood *possibly* Have Whipped the Bismarck?

[LSLGuy]

@Elendil_s_Heir

@Trinopus

…( LSLGuy – oh, no doubt about it, the Rodney/Nelson configuration is flawed. I just like it because it’s distinctive, and vaguely pretty. One of the secrets of Battleship Fandom – we think these big bruisers are lovely ! Anyone remember wishing for the “Battlewagon” toy battleship for Christmas?)

I always thought HMS Nelson looked vaguely science fictiony, but I like it:

@Trinopus: Battlewagon was sure on my list a couple of years! And yes, HMS Nelson is really cool in a retro-futuristic way.
@Elendil_s_Heir: Here’s your science fictiony battleship. And yes, it does resemble HMS Nelson.
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=space+battleship+yamato

It also vaguely resembles another unarmed but nevertheless really cool bit of SDMB science fiction:

Ice Cruiser Norlandia

This is my latest sci-fi model. I finished it a month or two ago, but we had a series of home-related repairs that distracted me from sharing it here. The little sci-fi model club I belong to is having a challenge: “Build a land or water vehicle propelled by a reaction engine (but not an airplane or spaceship)”, simplified for sanity’s sake to Jet Car Challenge. This is my entry, Ice Cruiser Norlandia. It started out as a submarine hull, part of an estate purchased by my local hobby shop, w…