Grays Harbor Designs

[Bombhead]

You're getting there Zephyr and nice to see you back in the pixel bashing game. Best thing to do about the guns and director placement is have a look at Indomitable/ Implacable and you can't go far wrong.

[Zephyr]

one more time ...

[Rhade]

Looking good.

EDIT: I didn't register that first time but, those are 40 mm/56 Quad Mounts ?

[Thiel]

The 40mm director on the aft part of the island iss being blocked by the aft HACS so you might want to move it up a level.
Also, you can probably loose the director on the side of the island now that the directors have been moved to the corners.

[Zephyr]

The aft island 40mm director isn't directly behind the 4.5" director, they're offset, if that makes any difference.

[Thiel]

I know, but you still can't see through it, so it'll still obstruct a significant part of your field of fire. Move it up a deck and all that goes away.

[Zephyr]

and again ...



now it's off to work. yay.

[Zephyr]

something else I've been fiddling with for awhile, also very much a WIP, a late armoured cruiser, laid down around 1910 and completed about 1914. A result of the more conservative elements in the design bureau, she was obsolete nearly as soon as she touched the water. Only 2 were built, with just one surviving the war. The single survivor, Orion, was converted to a seaplane carrier/tender in 1922.

still needs a lot of work.

[Karle94]

Maybe a flying bridge would be more suitable for the time period.

[Hood]

I like it but I find the casemate arrangement odd. Upper deck casemates are rare in this period but they make sense for seakeeping and being able to use the guns in heavy seas. So I find it odd the four 3-4in casemates in the bow and stern remain. There is probably room for 12 such guns topside rather than the 8 you currently have. Looking good so far though.