Great work. The profiles look great and cover loads of aircraft we haven't seen before in FD scale and the historical background is very interesting too. This is going to be a absolute cracker of a thread.
But that highher fore funnel will keep the foremast spotting top freer from smoke interference.
X turret might have poorer arcs over the stern sectors but I can't see any alternative, in all I see potential in this design.
Well I've always used Paint too, and Garlicdesign deserves kudos for his hand-done shading to that level of detail (I've just zoomed it in paint) and the skill he has in matching the shades well and his drawing ability. The main reason why we've stuck to three gradients of shading is mainly accessib...
The Mars Class looks great. The only question I have is, are the turrets too small? Other than that it reminds me of those German armoured cruisers, impressive beasts!