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Re: Grays Harbor Designs
Posted: November 6th, 2013, 9:51 pm
by 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.
Re: Grays Harbor Designs
Posted: November 7th, 2013, 7:04 am
by Zephyr
one more time ...
Re: Grays Harbor Designs
Posted: November 7th, 2013, 9:32 am
by Rhade
Looking good.
EDIT: I didn't register that first time but, those are 40 mm/56 Quad Mounts ?
Re: Grays Harbor Designs
Posted: November 7th, 2013, 9:53 am
by 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.
Re: Grays Harbor Designs
Posted: November 7th, 2013, 1:55 pm
by Zephyr
The aft island 40mm director isn't directly behind the 4.5" director, they're offset, if that makes any difference.
Re: Grays Harbor Designs
Posted: November 7th, 2013, 2:23 pm
by 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.
Re: Grays Harbor Designs
Posted: November 7th, 2013, 2:56 pm
by Zephyr
and again ...
now it's off to work. yay.
Re: Grays Harbor Designs
Posted: November 8th, 2013, 7:20 am
by 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.
Re: Grays Harbor Designs
Posted: November 8th, 2013, 12:30 pm
by Karle94
Maybe a flying bridge would be more suitable for the time period.
Re: Grays Harbor Designs
Posted: November 8th, 2013, 1:50 pm
by 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.