Shipbucket

Magazines, vital ship control spaces, masts, bridges and tops laid out. Some of the spaces are already labelled, and at this point in the drawing things can become cluttered:



Now I can usually complete the underwater portion of the hull on the outboard profile, but I'm going to wait. Instead, I am going to lay out the life support areas for the crew - quarters, galleys, medical, provisions etc. to try and get as complete an internal arrangement as possible. Once that step is complete, I'll post another image with each deck depicted seperately instead of overlaid on each other to reduce the clutter.

Then it will be time to flesh out the outboard profile and finish the drawing.

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Redhorse

Current Projects:
Republic of Texas Navy
FD Scale F-14s

This is fascinating, seeing a design being so carefully evolved with due respect to naval architecture.

PB - I studied naval architecture for 3 years at the University of New Orleans. There are 7 universities in the US that offer it as an undergraduate degree. The design is not perfect, and perhaps not plausible as Spike noted, but I try to keep it believable.

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Redhorse

Current Projects:
Republic of Texas Navy
FD Scale F-14s

Keep up the good work - hook em horns

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I CANNOT TELL A LIE. I DREW THE MOST BEATIFUL CGBL OF ALL TIME.

Updates are coming...three weeks of leave started this morning.

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Redhorse

Current Projects:
Republic of Texas Navy
FD Scale F-14s

Most of the accomodations, offices and other typical spaces are penciled in and labelled. At this point, I want to start the outboard profile to finish the ship:



I can finish the decks arrangement later, and if I'm feeling up to it, will add bunks, lockers, tables, etc to the deck drawings.

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Redhorse

Current Projects:
Republic of Texas Navy
FD Scale F-14s

Thank you Redhorse for giving us a glimpse into your design process.

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𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐍𝐄𝐓- 𝑻𝒐 𝑪𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆

Indeed, that's awesome.

Basic work on the lower hull is done.



The rudder has been fitted. I usually make note of rudder design practices on ships built in the same time period before I put it on.

The screws and shafts are placed where they'll clear the hull. The points where the shafts enter the hull on the outboard profile correspond to where they exit the shaft alleys on the the deck plan. Support struts will be added before the next progress report.

The hard chine is drawn in at the stern and ends approximately where the hull form can transition back to smoother curves. I don't like hard chines on capital ships, but it's not uncommon in this time period and is a transitional practice until transom sterns come into practice.

The bilge keel is actually a section of the hold deck plan (the green lines) flipped horitzontally and placed on the hull. It probably wouldn't look like that in real life, but in the absence of a hull form program for that it will have to do.

The armor belt is on, too.

The next step is portholes corresponding to the interior spaces on the deck plans, scuppers, anchors, paravane booms, and sectioning the armor belt. Shading is done much later after the whole outboard profile is finished.

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Redhorse

Current Projects:
Republic of Texas Navy
FD Scale F-14s

you. are. awesome.

seriously, the effort and carefully planning you put on your ships is really non-pareil.

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My Worklist
Sources and documentations are the most welcome.

-Koko Kyouwakoku (Republic of Koko)
-Koko's carrier-based aircrafts of WWII
-Koko Kaiun Yuso Kaisha - KoKaYu Line (Koko AU spinoff)
-Koko - Civil Aviation