Hi;
This is just some rambling. "What about"? You may ask. Look Carefully at your stash and your finished builds. Can you see something in certain things? For instance ,Think about this. We had fastback cars for a long time then they fell out of favor. After wind tunnel testing they came back. Which one best follows the Logical Progression of Design in this category?
To Me it is the 67-68 Mustang Fastbacks. Now in Armor it's hard to say, But to me the most logical winners are the M1A1Abrams and the Stug/3 from W.W.2., I mean look at them! Sheer brute force in a Neat profile and a mean looking package! Your ideas may differ remember. This is not a fixed thing. For SoftSkins i would say any of the German Large Half tracks get my nod. The American, Late war Half Track gets the second nod.
Now, Planes! There are many here ,some to numerous to mention. This is simple for me. The F-86 "Short Nose" and then the F-86D. Then we go to other air forces, The Germans had real Bad Boy in the M.E.262. Why? Look how beautiful that bird is for it's time. To some, "At The Time", something right out of the pages of Science Fiction!
Our claim for brutally Beautiful is none other than the Massive P-47 and all it's iterations. The "Jug " just looks like it means Business! In Jets that is, to Me, split Between a fully armed and loaded out F-4-J or the same in an A-10 ready to take Names and kick Butt!
Lastly is ships. There have been, many for many years in warships, Almost to many to count. So I will keep it to Capitol Ships.You get the drift right? Everyone has a favorite in all these categories so that's why I put these at the end. For the most beautiful and following the logical Progression of Design I nominate the American Iowa Class in All their iterations, Seconded by the Bismark and Tirpitz from Germany then The Musashi and yamato from Japan.Sheer fire-power on an absolutely powerful Fine sheered Hull.made for cutting the waves. Firepower, extraordinary, except two that kinda got lost in the furballs. The H.M.S. Rodney and Nelson. Certainly unique by themselves. Not withstanding The odd Above deck structures further aft than usual.
I am not going to go further here. I just was thiking about this and thought I would share with you. I won't go into the Civilian category of shps as there too many. So, in your opinion, in your mind which of these in the way you see it, follow the "Logical Progression of Design " for the job they were designed to do??