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Originally Posted by 1250ships

The three funnel versions are later conversions. They all started with four funnels. The three funneled ships had a boiler removed to increase fuel capacity and increase their range. That didn't happen until the 1940s.

Schley should be a good representation of the Ellis for at least the first half of her service life.

A tip- if you want to make a nice display try using some of the Plastruct sheeting for water. They make something called choppy water that looks pretty good with this scale. I comes clear so if you put a blue base material under it the effect is very nice. There is also blue colored plastic that you can get to turn greening with the right underlying material. You can buy it from their web site or at just about any hobby store that have model railroading stuff.

I went to the Plastruct web site, found the section on plain & patterned sheets, but never found the "choppy water" material you mentioned. I purchased an Essex class CV from you, and I think the stuff you mentioined would really help set off my planned plane/carrier photos. Can you provide the code numbers, especially for the "choppy water" sheet?