Official evaluation

- First Impression (5/5):

Upon first look, the ship very well captures the look and feel of japanese dreadnoughts and could probably pass for a real design as well. Taking it out to the sea was pretty good as well, spawning on the ocean mod is a bit bouncy at first, but once it settles, it performs quite well then. The controls were also quite easy to use.

- Design/Accuracy (15/15):

As mentioned above, the ship's design is really great, and if it were a real life design, it would fit perfectly into the IJN fleet of the time.

- Details (13/15):

The ship has some pretty nice detail work. Not too much, but still has some, quite balanced. Little things like the speaking tubes were nice additions.
While the turrets have some railings on their tops but there are no railings anywhere else on the ship, which I feel like should have been added.
The rigging is also a great addition as well as the ladders on the turrets and the little ammo boxes next to the AA guns.

- Features (15/20):

The ship has all of its weaponry being usable, from the main battery (which has centralized aiming) through the secondaries and the AA guns (which are auto aimed).
One thing I feel like could have been better is the separation of the port and starboard side secondaries either by AGs or by simply renaming them, because currently both sides fire all the time.
Making even the searchlights movable was a nice little addition. They dont really do anything just turn, but it's still a nice little aesthetic touch.
The build uses an interesting mix of jet engines and wings for turning, and jet engines only for movement (though it has custom built propellers that turn but they are only for decoration)

- Build Quality (6/10):

The build uses a few part saving methods but I feel like more could have been done, for example using slicing for the rigging instead of making each cable a separate part. The railings on the turrets are also slightly wasteful. Despite these, the ship is still quite beautifully constructed.
One thing I especially liked is the use of a magnet for the chrysanthemum flower on the bow, a very creative solution.
What I feel like is a missed opportunity is the rudder and propellers: the builder took the time to make a rotating custom propeller and then didn't place any wings in it and used jets for movement, even though they could have made the propulsion using the propellers.
The same applies to the steering: there is a working rudder and it even has a wing in it to provide actual steering power, but the builder also added steering jetd too.

- Performance (10/20):

The ship starts a bit rough when being spawned on the ocean mod and needs some time before it stops bouncing and settles down, however after that, it performs mostly well on the waves (larger ones make it bounce again though).
The mixed movement and steering system is a bit strange to me. It gets the job done but the opportunity to make it realistic using actual propellers and rudder was there. Nonetheless, it works well.
The ship lacks any kind of limitiation for speed so it can exceed the designed max speed by a lot.

- Description and Information (12/15):

The description is very nice with a great mix of text and screenshots, all nicely formatted. It includes a brief history section, specifications, controls, and an arry of screenshots that is just enough to present the ship without being too much.

Additional Points (-0, +0):

Total: 76

nice. 1940s refits when?