Angus - The 2 Taneys won't be a match as the Mackinaws were. The Mackinaws were an identical match because one day the Mac was white and the next day the Mac was red. The white Taney is the way she appears today in Baltimore Harbor. The gray Taney is the way she appeared on Dec. 7, 1941. It was a real feat getting accurate pictures from 1941 and the final picture was an artist painting based on the CG Historians research on the Taney pictures, drawing and blueprints from that Dec. 7th day. While I would have preferred the Taneys without the wooden base, Harry has taken an almost impossible task upon himself and turned it into a work of beauty. So, look at the scope of work that went into these pieces and forget the base and look at the detail of the ships.