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JSB
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Re: battleships for my 4th reich AKA New World United Commun

#251 Post by JSB »

why not try and cut down (even dictators can run out of cash to spend of vanity projects ).

may I suggest,
Main shore bombardment guns - 2 80cm (2X1) maybe limited traverse like 18inch on HMS General Wolfe between funnels such as modern harpoon launchers ?
Main Ant ship guns 8 15 inch (4x2) Bismarck style ?
Heavy DP guns 20 12.8cm (10x2) 5 each side copy US battleships ?
Light AA 5.5cm or 3cm as many as can fit ?

you might get a much smaller ship :o ?

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Re: battleships for my 4th reich AKA New World United Commun

#252 Post by erik_t »

What an epic waste of time this thread has been. Kudos to those who realized it earlier than some of us.
LordBladaime
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Re: battleships for my 4th reich AKA New World United Commun

#253 Post by LordBladaime »

what do you want me to do remove my secondary guns?
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Charwhick
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#254 Post by Charwhick »

Perhaps start by drawing a new ship, about the size of your A turret. Just a little minesweeper, seaplane carrier, destroyer escort, whatever you like. Start smaller. 100m class small.
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Re: battleships for my 4th reich AKA New World United Commun

#255 Post by LordBladaime »

I think this is what you all are looking for


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I now have 2 heavy calibers main and secondary the (80cm's and 280mm's)

then I have tertiary and light (5.9's and 5mm Flack-Gerat's)

is this what you wanted?
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#256 Post by Rodondo »

I'd try and remove at least 1 calibre from that,

and few hundred thousand tons
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#257 Post by Lebroba »

I would raise the bridge maybe 250 ft so that you can have Line of sight clearance of the Bow for your bridge watch standers.
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#258 Post by Chuck ship art »

I think you are trying to fit the sketch. We all know that was a pipe dream. I would try to make this as close as the original sketch. After that then start doing modifications that you think might improve the the pipe dream. for know it is looking closer to the sketch as each time.
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#259 Post by Rodondo »

One argument, for us with expensive net, can the image size (whitespace) be reduced
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Re: battleships for my 4th reich AKA New World United Commun

#260 Post by LordBladaime »

what caliber do you want me to remove?
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