I am a FLATTOP guy too! First got it in 83... found a copy on E-Bay in one piece.... counters still in place. Beautiful game!
A another note... wish we had a 3D naval sim... it has been faaarr toooooo looooong!
I will build the models! Just need a physics guy!!
Some examples of what we do.. had to knock down the polys since we have 60+ ships in harbor
http://www.donationware.net/pages/php2.0/php2.0_preview.htm