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 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: FD Scale Aircraft 3

Gonzo
 Post subject: Re: FD Scale Aircraft 3 Posted: November 19th, 2012, 7:22 pm 

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Wow, that's one of your best man! Love the attention to detail. My latest, the Martin B-10. I wanted it for AU purposes but I couldn't resist those flashy pre-war schemes. Really hard to find good detail pics of these birds. http://i631.photobucket.com/albums/uu38/kilomuse/FD%20Scale/MartinB-10BUSA...

 Forum: Never-Built Designs  Topic: Japan - Never built IJN ships.

Gonzo
 Post subject: Re: Japan - Never built IJN ships. Posted: November 19th, 2012, 7:14 pm 

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here it comes also the Ibuki class Heavy Cruiser. a further improvement of the Mogami class, based on the hull of suzuya sported a radar suite and aft superstructure similar to that of Tone and a mainmast shifted aft like Takao, torpedo armament was increased to 4 quadruple launchers (it was 4 trip...

 Forum: Non-Shipbucket Drawings  Topic: Visby Class

Gonzo
 Post subject: Re: Visby Class Posted: November 2nd, 2012, 8:30 pm 

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Fantastic looking ship. With the VLS system, is that something that they are going to fit later, or an optional system that might never get fitted. The ships would seem t be a lot more useful if they had some AAW ability other than the 57mm.

 Forum: Personal Designs  Topic: Alternate WWII RN Designs

Gonzo
 Post subject: Re: Alternate WWII RN Designs Posted: October 18th, 2012, 5:26 pm 

Replies: 29
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I think it would be attractive to make it six barrels for the main artillery. Only four is very little for properly ranging in on targets(one of the many failures of the Outrageous class). The UK didn't seem to favor triple turrets, except for the Rodney class. And 6 x 16" guns is way too much gun ...

 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: Japan - Aoba Class Heavy Cruiser

Gonzo
 Post subject: Re: Japan - Aoba Class Heavy Cruiser Posted: October 18th, 2012, 3:03 pm 

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I believe those were where the reloads were kept. Although reloading in battle would probably be extraordinarily dangerous. :lol: -Matt It sure was dangerous if you were an American off Savo Island. The Aoba's were able to savage the Southern force, reload their tubes, then exterminate the Northern...

 Forum: Personal Designs  Topic: Alternate WWII RN Designs

Gonzo
 Post subject: Re: Alternate WWII RN Designs Posted: October 18th, 2012, 2:17 pm 

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J CA2 Armament 2 x Twin 14" Mk.II 4 x Twin 4" Mk.XIX DP 3 x Quad 2 pound AA I love the single ended design. I can only imagine how useful a couple of ship like that would have been to the Australians during the night battles of the Solomans campaign in 42-43. What sort of displacement would you be ...

 Forum: Off Topic  Topic: USS Iowa (BB-61) and USS New Jersey (BB-62) Modernization

Gonzo
 Post subject: Re: USS Iowa (BB-61) and USS New Jersey (BB-62) Modernizatio Posted: October 18th, 2012, 1:11 am 

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Thiel wrote:
The USN disagrees
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If they disagreed why did they bring the Iowas out of mothballs at the same time they scrapped the Inshore Fire Support Ships?

 Forum: Off Topic  Topic: USS Iowa (BB-61) and USS New Jersey (BB-62) Modernization

Gonzo
 Post subject: Re: USS Iowa (BB-61) and USS New Jersey (BB-62) Modernizatio Posted: October 18th, 2012, 12:48 am 

Replies: 52
Views: 30739


So basically a monitor, rather than a battleship? There's a bit of a difference in the intended role. Precisely. If the main use of the ship is going to be coastal bombardment then the ship should be optimized for that task. When you optimize a ship for coastal bombardment you end up with a monitor...

 Forum: Off Topic  Topic: LHD arrived down-under

Gonzo
 Post subject: Re: LHD arrived down-under Posted: October 17th, 2012, 10:34 pm 

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All the "official" info says she is only going to operate helicopters, but that ski jump screams jets.

 Forum: Off Topic  Topic: USS Iowa (BB-61) and USS New Jersey (BB-62) Modernization

Gonzo
 Post subject: Re: USS Iowa (BB-61) and USS New Jersey (BB-62) Modernizatio Posted: October 17th, 2012, 10:17 pm 

Replies: 52
Views: 30739


The only answer to all the US Navy's NGFS woes lies in new-built Alaska class cruisers, built to the original specifications and camouflaged to restore offensive elan: Not sure about combat efficiency, but it would result in a better looking fleet. Unfortunately the ship I was talking about would b...
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