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Re: USA - Montana Class Battleship
Posted: September 21st, 2012, 9:43 pm
by BB1987
APDAF wrote:BB1987 wrote:
wich for me is really too much
There can be never too much AA.
Even the Midway-class CV do not carry more than 21 quadruple bofors.. for me 31 quads is impratical.
Meanwhile, i have added a measure 22 version for 1945 Montana.
Re: USA - Montana Class Battleship
Posted: September 21st, 2012, 9:52 pm
by APDAF
The midway class was a carrier not a battleship and had less space for guns.
Re: USA - Montana Class Battleship
Posted: September 21st, 2012, 9:57 pm
by heuhen
APDAF wrote:The midway class was a carrier not a battleship and had less space for guns.
but that was build to carry a lot of AA and also build to defend it'self and other ship against other aircraft, the same role Iowa had, and Montana would have to. while a BB is build to carry a lot of different type guns, and if you have to many guns it get crowded and you get top weight issue.
Re: USA - Montana Class Battleship
Posted: September 21st, 2012, 10:40 pm
by emperor_andreas
Very nice work!
-Matt
Re: USA - Montana Class Battleship
Posted: September 21st, 2012, 11:13 pm
by Karle94
What about a late war South Dakota bridge? Looks more balanced compared to the smaller superstructure with the 1945 Iowa bridge.
Re: USA - Montana Class Battleship
Posted: September 22nd, 2012, 12:18 am
by Colosseum
Looking great!
Also, no need to credit me for the bridge.
Re: USA - Montana Class Battleship
Posted: September 22nd, 2012, 7:40 am
by Colombamike
BB1987 wrote:The 1942 version is just the final design of the Montanas, she has 10 quadruple bofors on paper; the speculative/own design 1945 is based on drawings and the same model you posted above, sporting 19 quadruple bofors (just one less than Iowas), i have saw other models ammassing as much as 31 quadruple bofors mounts (31? thats 124 40mm guns!) wich for me is really too much, i think it's possible to add as much as 6 quadruple mounts at best (3 port and 3 starboard, simmetrycal), but no more (two between turret 4 and aircraft catapults, and another 4 by deleting the boats deck, a-la-Iowas).
Yep
Re: USA - Montana Class Battleship
Posted: September 22nd, 2012, 9:37 am
by ALVAMA
Those comment charts are getting sick and over rated assy...
Re: USA - Montana Class Battleship
Posted: September 23rd, 2012, 4:28 pm
by BB1987
Working on...
Re: USA - Montana Class Battleship
Posted: September 23rd, 2012, 7:18 pm
by Colombamike
BB's, some personnal idea's for the 1947+ version
- twin 76mm location
- maybe replacement of the ageing seaplane by the early newer helicopters around 1948 ? (maybe you can delete the catapult by 1948-1952 !!!)
- for the 20mm mount, you can delete almost all gun, except a very small handfull, ideally 2 or 3 mounts toward forward & 2 or 3 mounts toward aft superstructure (for a full better arc of fire).
