Yes, 'also remember the 12 Renwal 1/1200 ships in one box and the "sea" base, tho did not own one of those kits. 'Also in Illinois, John.

Built a bunch of those Renwal 6-packs (one centered on the CV and one on the BB) and some of the AKs were converted to CVEs, others experimented with in camo and parts swapping to make "what ifs" tho that concept was not yet invented.

The Renwal 1/1200s were crude, but great fun in their day and fond memories remain of building gobs of them and the Pyro individual box kits. (The Pyro ones seemed much nicer)

'Remember attending a wargame in a HS gym, where the players used these and tried to be at something like scale distances.

That experience resulted in a youthful "AHA!" moment of understanding the challenges of long-range naval gunfire, especially at moving targets.