Alaska class cruisers rework

WOW, Colosseum, she's beautiful!

Colosseum wrote:

I have some plans on the way that should show the antenna rigging arrangement as well as the whip placement

Front or top view?

I come home from being outside in the sun all day at drill and without getting the promotion I'm due that's already in the records, and I find this waiting for me. It's not Emma Watson in a skimpy black nightie, but under the circumstances it's probably the best I'm gonna get.

Incredible work, my friend...can't wait to see the others! Hope Hawaii is also upgraded!

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

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#FJB

That self critism of yours is gold. I'm pretty sure that's the reason why your skills are as they are. With my little knowledge of USN CC's I can't see this version of Alaska isn't complete. I'm looking forward to your final version. It can only be superb

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Work in progress:
DD County Class PNS Babur (1982)(PAK)
FF Type 21 Class D182 PNS Babur (2000)(PAK)
All relevant Coat of Arms

My take on CB-3, had it been completed a few months later than Alaska and Guam:

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It displays some of the 'typical' late-war features, detailed below:

- SK-2 air search radar
- "Cockpit" Mk.37 directors with Mk.12/22 radars
- "Square back" Mk.38 directors with Mk.13 radars
- Late-war overall gloss sea blue Seahawk with VCS-17 markings
- Whip antennas at the air defense level and P&S of the funnel
- Late-war RCM fit:
-- TDY-1 trainable jamming antenna on a new platform extending aft of the fire control tower
-- Attendant "Sword" antennas at opposite ends of the superstructure (shielded from the TDY jammer) to monitor enemy reactions to jamming
-- DBM-1 radar direction finders in radomes on a yard P&S of the SK-2 radar service platform (barely visible in this stupid scale)
-- TDY-1a S-band jamming system, with a P&S radome at the 02 level immediately abeam the front of the catapult (transmitter), with receiving antenna in a radome on an extension aft of the foremast (same installation that CB-1 and 2 received in real life)
-- "Sword" and "Derby" antennas on the yardarms
- All features visible on the few photos available of CB-3: 40mm gun tub replacing the bow 20mm tubs and simplified superstructure aft of the conning tower.

If this is not the most accurate drawing in the whole of 'Shipbucket', it certainly is the most congratulatory attempt at it.

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Keep well and keep drawing,

Monty

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

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#FJB

She's a beauty, Colo!

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