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| Author: | Rodondo [ August 13th, 2013, 4:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colony of Victoria (AU) |
Hopefully fixed Yeah, I've done about 40% of one of two so it shouldn't take me too long |
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| Author: | KHT [ August 13th, 2013, 4:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colony of Victoria (AU) |
Wow! I like it! She looks rather large for her armament though? |
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| Author: | Rodondo [ August 13th, 2013, 4:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colony of Victoria (AU) |
Yeah, originally I wanted to go with 4.7 inch guns but there was a bit of a gap between variants, I might go for the 5.5 MkI instead of the 4" but I'll see if they fit, thanks though, I thought I was going crazy thinking that I would have been the only one to think it. The main reason for the large size is to facilitate both a high speed and a fair range for a small combatant 
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| Author: | eswube [ August 13th, 2013, 6:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colony of Victoria (AU) |
Very interesting.  Only bridge (whole that superstructure) looks IMHO bit odd (I guess that's more esthetical than practical) - namely too low, like the deck height was there lower than elsewhere on the ship. |
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| Author: | Thiel [ August 13th, 2013, 9:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colony of Victoria (AU) |
I must admit I find her forward armament woefully inadequent. Given the capabilities of torpedoes she'll have to get very close to her target before firing them, and until then she'll only have one gun to harm/distract her target with. Personally I'd fit another two 4" guns in casemates in the forward corners of the bridge structure. There was a Swedish proposal for a cruiser that did that with 6" guns drøm around the same time. Alternatively you could fit two guns side by side. I prefer the first option since it gives you more guns, two of which will be better protected, and it'll give you a larger broadside for when she turns away. |
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| Author: | Novice [ August 13th, 2013, 9:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colony of Victoria (AU) |
Nice ship, and my only remarks are those made by both eswube and Thiel. Other than that I think your ship is good and nice looking. BTW, I'll go for two 4.7" guns, side by side on the forecastle, two more at forecastle's break and two more where you have them, just aft of the first funnel. The two aft guns I'll make them 5.5" or even 6" guns to discourage the enemy from chasing your cruiser. |
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| Author: | Rodondo [ August 14th, 2013, 5:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colony of Victoria (AU) |
@Eswube: I've raised the bridge walls fractionally but its sides are 4ft high and the bridge deck level is 6.5 feet above the forecastle, I think because it is low and its behind a long forecastle, it looks a bit lower than it is but I intended it to be low as if I added another deck underneath, it'd place the bridge too high. @Thiel/Novice: Hadn't considered that, given that she operates originally with 18 inch Mark VII/VII* Torpedoes gives her the ability to strike from 6km away but you are incredibly correct. I had hoped to install casemates but looking at the size internally taken up, whilst small generally speaking, cut hugely into crew spaces which is already limited. To remedy this, I'm looking at installing two 4" guns far aft on the forecastle with a 5.5 inch gun on the center line forwards of this and replacing the aft-most 4" with another 5.5". Theres only so much I can stretch the hull strength. |
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| Author: | Rodondo [ August 14th, 2013, 6:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colony of Victoria (AU) |
Something like this? ![[ img ]](http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z414/Rodondo16/55Concept.png)
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| Author: | eswube [ August 14th, 2013, 7:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colony of Victoria (AU) |
Yeah, I didn't mean adding another deck, but together with relatively more massive aft superstructure it gave it bit "aft heavy" appearance (tiny forward superstructure, big rear - usually it's other way round). Maybe lenghten the supperstructure below the bridge bit to the rear, so it would "engulf" the base of mast, bit like Denodon's recent Velikaya cruiser in neighboring thread? |
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| Author: | Rodondo [ August 14th, 2013, 9:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Colony of Victoria (AU) |
Hopefully this is a bit more balanced ![[ img ]](http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z414/Rodondo16/55Concept-1.png)
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