Who said you need to ditch it? No, just consider the advice, compare with real missile cruiser conversions etc, and you'll end up with a nice piece of work. The thing is that when we volunteer to publish our achievements here at SB, sometimes we simply have to be prepared to receive quite heavy flak. It's happened to me, it's happened to ace. Neither one of us have, however, given up or simply scratched designs. Now, if you feel strongly about your Ellis, then you should keep her and continue to improve on her.