I am the proud new owner of a 99.9% complete USS Flagg. It's in great shape, but the stickers are not and I will be replacing them.
One thing that's always bothered me is the (purposeful?) reversal of the "99" on the bow deck. As is well known, US Navy aircraft carriers have their numbers oriented so they would be read correctly if the ship was stood up on it's stern. Going by this, if left oriented the way they are in the instructions/box art/etc. the numbers would read as "66" instead of "99."
I am extremely tempted to "fix" that when I resticker the Flagg. However, I also feel somewhat...disrespectful I guess in a way doing that. Nor do I really want collector friends to come over and say "Uh you have the numbers on the bow on backwards, dude."
What do you guys think about this? I know it's really up to me but I'm interested in opinions.
What do you guys think?