DANG you Paddy! I was just writting my note and I see you put this one in but I will now second your thoughts on Ngc244. I WAS going to post this ...
Nobody (Except Paddy
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/..../winking70.gif now) has mentioned that real wild beast of Ngc2442 with all sorts of odd shape to it's two thick arms.
What a great set of other face ons on this thread, thanks! Good stuff!
On the bit smaller scale but still respectable in 12" or better scopes:
Ngc6872 is a bit dim but has very unique thin arms
Ngc6770 and 6769 make an very interesting interacting pair of face ons
Ngc1566 was mentioned but was a favorite of mine so I gotta put a motion for a third on that great mid-sized galaxy that has a lot of other fairly large galaxies
And I cannot believe Ngc5128 was left out but perhaps since it is not felt to be 'flat' that we technically cannot call it a classical face on. How about a 'sphere on' that has one of the best dark lane structures around.