I like the looks of that Hasegawa kit. It’s a Casablanca class, the most numerous at 50 of the CVE’s.
Hasegawa had a habit of kitting USN ships that the IJN sank.
Yes, that’s the plan. I have 1/700 Brooklyn, Cleveland and Atlanta CLs in the stash. I’ve told myself that for every shelf queen I finish (current count about 6) I’ll open a new one up.