Comments by "Steve Valley" (@stevevalley7835) on "The Drydock - Episode 238" video.

wrt the question about models vs drawings, in some applications, the model was built first, because of the difficulty of rendering 3-dimentional objects on 2-dimension drawings. When I worked in fluid handling in the 70s, it was routine to build a model of a refinery or chemical plant first, to work out all the pipe routing, then make up drawings from the model. It was routine to build full scale mockups of new aircraft for the same reason, to work out all the hydraulic and electrical conduits and possible interference with bulkheads. The Boeing 777 was the first aircraft to be designed entirely in computer, in the early 90s, because, 3D computer modeling had finally advanced enough.
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The discussions of "cruiser killers" brings a thought. Reading over the Washington Treaty, the Courageouses are not listed anywhere as capital ships, in spite of their battleship size guns and size. As we know, Fisher defined them as "light cruisers" to exploit a loophole in policy. The Washington treaty appears to have accepted them as "light cruisers". Can't help but wonder, if the Admiralty had retained the "Dreadnought armed cruiser" designation, would all the battlecruisers also have been exempted from the British capital ship quota? But then, would Renown and Repulse, classified as cruisers, be scrapped in the mid 30s to clear the tonnage for a greater number of treaty cruisers?
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@kemarisite that is what the Wiki entry says, but I think it is wrong. The Courageouses are not listed in either the retention or disposal list for the RN in the Washington treaty. Saratoga and Lexington are in the US disposal list, and Amagi and Akagi are in the IJN disposal list. If the Courageouses were to be disposed of, if not converted, they would have been listed. The Courageouses were not that outrageous, compared to other armored cruisers, in either armament or displacement. They had been classified as cruisers since inception. Everything I see tells me the treaty regarded them as cruisers.
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