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 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: Worcester class cruisers

erik_t
 Post subject: Re: Worcester class cruisers Posted: July 13th, 2018, 2:31 pm 

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Now it just needs BuOrd's proposed follow-on... There were plans made to replace the twin turrets on new ships with a triple fully automatic DP mounting similar in concept to those for the 8"/55 (20.3 cm) Mark 16. These were expected to be able to fire 20-25 rounds per minute per gun compared to 12 ...

 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: DD Sumner FRAM II

erik_t
 Post subject: Re: DD Sumner FRAM II Posted: July 13th, 2018, 2:28 pm 

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I especially like this shades-of-gray rendering of SPS-40. At scale, it really does look like a low-frequency antenna's moiré patter.

Much better than the old gray-white-gray-white approach.

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: FD Scale Aircraft 15

erik_t
 Post subject: Re: FD Scale Aircraft 15 Posted: July 13th, 2018, 2:23 pm 

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Those SH-3s are magnificent.

 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: Worcester class cruisers

erik_t
 Post subject: Re: Worcester class cruisers Posted: July 6th, 2018, 6:29 pm 

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All of this talk of telescoping topmasts is interesting. Was this a particular focus of the Worcesters (being very big for cruisers, perhaps they needed help fitting into traditionally cruiser berths, or something), or does this instead reflect your ever-deepening mania for research? ;) I know, what...

 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: Worcester class cruisers

erik_t
 Post subject: Re: Worcester class cruisers Posted: July 3rd, 2018, 10:10 pm 

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Magnificent! I dared not hope you would be drawing these, as they do violate your post-WW2 rules ;) The SR-2 is very much better than my old, feeble effort. As I look at the thing zoomed in, it's truly at the limit of how much detail can be packed into this scale. I'm not quite sure when Shipbucket ...

 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: Delaware Class Battleships

erik_t
 Post subject: Re: Delaware Class Battleships Posted: July 1st, 2018, 7:46 pm 

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Splendid work. To the modern eye (like, WW2 modern!), it's remarkable how much emphasis was put on ship's boats being easily handled, while the secondary armament might be unworkable in a seaway. The almost total lack of peacetime conning arrangements is discussed extensively and interestingly by Fr...

 Forum: Personal Designs  Topic: Australian Merchant Shipping

erik_t
 Post subject: Re: Australian Merchant Shipping Posted: June 30th, 2018, 7:22 pm 

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Personal preference, but I prefer diesel exhausts that are cut off perpendicular to their direction :)

Very lovely tug otherwise.

 Forum: Never-Built Designs  Topic: Scheme 59 Missile ships: Super Talos and SCANFAR

erik_t
 Post subject: Re: Scheme 59 Missile ships: Super Talos and SCANFAR Posted: June 30th, 2018, 7:20 pm 

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It should be emphasized that these were very preliminary sketches, akin to Spring Styles. Design concept exploration shouldn't surprise us, even if the eventual ship wouldn't make a ton of sense.

 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: Illyrian Lemboï/Lembos/Lembus Galley

erik_t
 Post subject: Re: Illyrian Lemboï/Lembos/Lembus Galley Posted: June 30th, 2018, 2:30 am 

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Interesting, and maybe the oldest Shipbucket representation I can remember. Arguably more fit for FD scale ;)

 Forum: Never-Built Designs  Topic: Scheme 59 Missile ships: Super Talos and SCANFAR

erik_t
 Post subject: Re: Scheme 59 Missile ships: Super Talos and SCANFAR Posted: June 29th, 2018, 11:51 pm 

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The rump #2 stack just looks so stupid! I love it! I wonder how SCANFAR would like being so close (several feet!) to the #1 stack. All that heat, it... it couldn't be good, right? I had no idea these had a helo amidships, or I had forgotten. It looks rather exciting, and surely in service it would b...
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