Shipbucket

Step one, bring back the original credits. This is rather important around here.
No need to be.
I'll suggest that instead of trying to design AU ships you try on a couple of real world ships. I find it's easier to learn the art style that way since you don't have to worry about designing anything, so you can focus on the drawing instead. It'll also give you a much better insight into what makes a warship, what's possible and what's not.

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How about the INS Viraat aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy???It is too old but refurbished and look, it is battle ready.
Here is my improved version....I replaced the Mk 13 with Sadral launchers and the Harpoon with the lighter Gabriel missile launcher.

http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Ruzze ... sort=3&o=0

You're linking the wrong drawing

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“Close” only counts with horseshoes, hand grenades, and tactical nuclear weapons.
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Source Materiel is always welcome.

But since it is an old ship, they would be replacing it soon with a new locally-made aircraft carrier. And anyways, destroyer escorts were meant to be cheap escort ships during World War 2, and so were not built to the same standards as aircraft carriers and battleships of that era.

There's little point in modernizing such an old ship honestly
The fact that those old war built escorts can even float still is a feat in itself
Now if u just wanna modernize them for a fun au idea there's nothing wrong with that and if that's ok than I think your most recent version is pretty good with the Gabriel's. Also the Philippines from my relatively limited understanding of their defense needs as absolutely no use for a 60-70 year old aircraft carrier to be quite honest. Something like the Singaporean Endurance class would be about as big as I could see them going

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