Why not??? I'd rather see her in 1/1 scale than any model, any day, and I'm willing to bet that 99.9% of ship modelers feel the same way. Preservation of historical artifacts, whether is the good guys or the bad guys, is vital to avoiding the mistakes mankind has made in the past.
George Santayana wrote that "Those who fail to learn from history are destined to repeat it."
Her survival, or any other individual capital ship in history, would not have effected the outcome of World War Two, be it Bismarck, Hood, Yamato, or Arizona. Chances are, had they survived, they would have been unceremoniously scrapped when they exceeded their life expectancy. Most certainly the Axis vessels, and most likely the Allied ones as well. Arizona's sister ship, Pennsylvania, was expended as a target. Hood may have been saved, but the Brits didn't save Sheffield, Warspite, Rodney, Nelson, King George V, or any other equally famous warships from that era.
What survives from the Imperial Japanese Navy in WW2??? Some anchors here and there, a gun from Mutsu which blew up at anchor, and Mikasa, which was a training and barracks ship for naval cadets during the war. The only reason she was spared was because of her significance to the Japanese victory at Tsushima.
Sorry about the rant folks...but I'd trade ANY 1:1 historic vessel for a model any day.
Jeff