NAF Triden-Class Battleship

[furturewar]

Okay, I'm new here, so take it easy on me.



The Hull and superstructure is H.Heuser's so credit goes to him for that.

Question: Would there be enough room for the six 18.1 inch turrets or would i have to cut down on them/ Extend the length of the hull.

I'd also like to request some assistance with some tips on how to detail the Superstructure, as I have never been good at nitty-gritty details.

[Novice]

First let me welcome you aboard, and now for the critique
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In my opinion six twin turrets is way too much on the hull. Four turrets is more than enough. Secondary armament looks too modern for a battleship, use something else.

[Clonecommander6454]

In my opinion six twin turrets is way too much on the hull.

I think that is a 18" Japanese Turret on the Yamato Class. 18 guns is seriously overkill for most circumstances and I recommend more secondaries for a ship this size.

[Portsmouth Bill]

Yes, welcome aboard With the design, the hull is really quite good, so you've got the basics for an interesting design; my advice would be to accept any advice and see what you can develop here.

[heuhen]

She can't carry 6 turrets. when i designed her with 5 turrets, I was designing her to the limit, and had to reduce on armor and engine size. but with 4. turrets you culd increas armor and engines, so she can survive a gunfight easy.

[furturewar]

I do fully understand that 6 18" cannons are overkill, and came here knowing people would "yell" at me for doing so, but thats just how i'm used to making things. A lot of things i've built normally involve over-sized/impractical/overkill Designs, but thats just how I roll.

So would it be possible to Either Lengthen/Widen the Hull to allow the 6 turrets to stand, or is there no chance for them at all?
And for the secondaries, I thought those were the ones used on the Iowa, but maybe not? Anyways, i switched them out for the Mk.32's.

But say I were to Remove the 2 of the turrets, could that open room for say a 12"?

[ALVAMA]

The secondary are way too modern, they are 1970 + or something.

[furturewar]

Really? I got them from the WWII USN Parts Sheet....
Ehh, I'll switch 'em.

[TimothyC]

You got them from the Post WW2 parts sheet (they are the Mk 45 Mod 4s). You'll want something like the Mk 12 5"/38 twin, or the Mk 16 5"/54 single, or, when I find it, the twin version of the Mk 16 (It's someplace on my hard drive).

[erik_t]

You have far too much topweight. Super-duper-firing 18" triples demands a pretty comical hull, something like a Malaccamax container ship.