for the APAR for the dutch parts sheet: I think I have an good conclusion. miho and mitch, both your apars have good and bad points. miho: the plates are sticking out more then needed. it might be an good option to use mitch's solution to this. for the central plate on it, miho's might be the best. ...
I spotted one small thing on both: the top side of the RHIB should be visible : http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Fregatte_De_Zeven_Provincien_2506.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Fregatte_De_Zeven_Provincien_2563.jpg the standard sb RHIB wouldn't be visible,...
I spotted one small thing on both: the top side of the RHIB should be visible : http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Fregatte_De_Zeven_Provincien_2506.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Fregatte_De_Zeven_Provincien_2563.jpg the standard sb RHIB wouldn't be visible, ...
nice to see this started up again..... I can't add my AU to it though, because mine covers the entire planet (as it is for the book/comic/manga I'm making)
Great patrol frigate! dont know what the missile's are but i think somekind of SAM's and/or Surface to surface AU ones indeed, they are my own design missiles. the smallest one is the seastreak, the small one at the bow VLS is comparable to essm, and the last one is an anti-ship missile, comparable...
what I got from the article, and from the age of the renders (seeming to be made in the DOS time era.... oh god look at that bow wave!) this ship will never be build. there are also large doubts about the top weight of the ship when apar and smart-l would be on board. it is an interesting sb project...
this page http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/canada/current/futurddg/ seems to say that the apar would be fitted, along with the smart-l. the apar would be fitted in an new mast. it also has an sideview on top of the page. the gun looks like an american based design, IMO. a little note: the ship won't ...