My first glimpse of warships armed with bb cannons was a 1996 RC Modeler where they had an article for a ship build. It also had an advertisement for Swampworks Inc. which ordered a catalog from but never progressed from there. Now that I'm older I am finally taking the plunge into building and hopefully battling a warship or two. I'm looking at making a big gun SMS Derfflinger or SMS Moltke to start with but I'm not sure there is a big gun club close by.
Where are you in WI? I'm up in Park Falls, and there are quite a few other dudes in the woodwork from what I hear.