Questions and comments are welcome. Ask me anything.
Below: 1/350 scale USS WASP LHD amphibious assault ship converted into a US Military Sealift Command hospital/humanitarian relief ship. With cutaway interior too!
Below: 1/350 scale futuristic USS Wisconsin railgun and missile battleship. Railguns are 3D printed.
Below: 1/350 scale USS Louisiana BB-71 MONTANA class battleship. I cut open the top of one of the turrets and scratch built the inside.
Below: 1/350 scale USS Santa Cruz (Iowa class battleship converted to aircraft carrier). Yes, this was an actual proposal back in World War 2.
Below: 1/350 scale heavily refurbished and modernised USS Iowa. This is, What would have happened to the USS Iowa if the No.2 16" gun turret could not have been salvaged/saved after the April 1989 turret explosion, but yet the Navy still wanted to keep the ship in service and modernise her with more and newer weapons.
Below: 1/700 scale British HMS Habakkuk “ice” aircraft carrier. Yes, this was a real proposal back in WW2. The model is about 34 inches long. I have future plans to build a 1/350 scale Habakkuk. But it won’t be finished for quite a long time.
Below: 1/350 scale futuristic “Flight IV” version of an Arleigh Burke class destroyer with an Enclosed Sensor Mast similar to what LPD-17 San Antonio class ships have. .
Below: Not my best work with this one, but here’s a 1/200 scale Pegasus class missile hydrofoil that has been modernised for continued service in the future.
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Excellent work there WhatIfRebel. Your “What If Builds” look so “flawless” like they are supposed to look that way. Too often “What If Builds” look like the components were “cobbled” together and clunky looking. BTW, I really like that blue color on the Wisconsin"s lower hull.
@MR_TOM_SCHRY
Thanks for the compliment. 
Although my ships are what if fantasy. I do try to the best of my ability to stay within some realm of “technical believeability”. For example, the USS Iowa shown further above was built based on 1970/1980’s updates I learned about in Garzke & Dulin’s “BATTLESHIPS” book.
Here’s also a few “detailed” pics of some of my ships.
Hospital ship details.
USS Wisconsin details.
USS Louisiana details.
USS Iowa details. Pics are from a contest a few years ago.
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Habakkuk is one of the most impressive projects ever. To be made from ice and saw dust it was just a little bit to late in the war for the project to be realised.
@Toolmaker
Yeah, it certainly was a crazy project. Actually, I don’t know which was crazier, the guy who thought up the project or the vessel itself. 
If you or anybody else wants to learn more about the Habakkuk, I’d highly suggest reading the following book. It is by far the ULTIMATE reference on Project Habakkuk. No other video, podcast, report, or anything else comes close.
“The Canadian Habakkuk Project” by Lorne W. Gold.
And like I said earlier in this thread, I’m already working on a 1/350 scale Habakkuk model. How big will that be? Almost 6 feet long.
Here’s a sample pic of a separate 1/350 scale cross section piece I made.
I actually think it was feasible. It was thought out at a time of the war when the allies were really desperate about the U-boats and nobody foresaw that the situation would turn around like it did thanks to Ultra, centimeter radar, Hedgehog depth charges and Leigh-lights on Swordfish planes operating from a large number of escort carriers in addition to Liberators finally being made available for maritime patrols.
Very interesting to see the cross section, it gives an idea of how enormous it would have been.
