Shipbucket

Great work!

BB1987 wrote:

BrentD15 wrote:Very nice!
I've also heard about the Unryu-class having a successor, named Project G18.

For what i know, the G18 was basically a plan to build a class of light carriers based on the Ibuki, but obviously built as CV from the keel and not as an heavy cruiser conversion; i'm currently drawing Ibuki as a carrier, but it takes a looong time to complete it.

Ahh, okay.
Good luck with that!

Very interesting. I wonder how doubling the main armament would have effected the topweight of these ships, trunking the funnels may have helped in that respect.

The light cruiser Oyodo as planned in 1939:


Oyodo was eventually built quite similar to how she was planned, yet some fittings were changed by the time construction starded. both mast were taller, with the fore one sporting a different tripod, the vent cowls for the first boiler rooms located just aft of the bridge were of a different design also; the aft RDF installation was planned to be located on top of the hangar, and not between it and the funnel, also the radio room above the aircraft facilities was placed more forward, housing two Type 95 machien gun directors, wich were placed on sponsons abreast the bridge structure when the cruiser was completed. Two 1,5m navigation rangefinder were also to be placed on both sides of the bridge structure just above the DP guns ones, but they were replaced by simple lookout posts, and a single one was fitted in an open fitting just in front of the main gun director.
Finally, the envisioned airwing was the full complement of six Kawanishi E15K1, then under developement; the Oyodo once built never carried more than two.

Nice!

I'm digging this!

Very nice work.

Good work!

Excellent drawing BB.

Time to remove some dust here.


IJN-Taiho bigger sister, the Kai-Taiho project or G-15 class Aricraft Carrier:


Planned in 1942 as a follow-on of the IJN Taiho, it featured a 14-feet hull stretch, a 33-knot top speed and an anti-aircraft armament composed of 16 3.9-inch (100mm) guns in eight twin mounts and 66 25mm machine guns in 22 triple mounts.
Airwing, supposedly composed by at least 53 planes was to be made of Mitsubishi A7M2 "reppu" fighters, Yokouska D4Y "suisei" dive bombers, Aichi B7A2 "ryusei" torpedo/dive bombers and Nakajima C6N1 "myrt" reconnaissance planes.
Up to seven units were planned, none was eventually liad down.

A special thanks to hood for allowing me to rework both the Taiho and Kai-Taiho carriers.
Kai-Taiho will come in camouflaged version too, sooner or later...