Nagato Class Battleship. The Redux.

acelanceloet wrote:

my only, minor remark is that the skeg is most likely not facing down (except if it is very wide, not impossible but improbable) so I think there should be a bit of non shaded hull underneath the propeller shafts.

You are absolutely right Ace, and actually, I had shaded the skeg the correct way. I must have somewhat mistakingly deleted it when I gave her the proper Japanese hull color, I realized that the same happened with the main gun ladders. The drawing I posted retained the straight ones (a Mutsu feature) instead of the correct angled ones. All fixed luckily.

Now, moving on with the easiest (truly a contradiction in terms) modification drawing of the series, Nagato as of 1922:

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In mid-1922, after recieving illustrious guests like former Marshal of France Joseph joffre and Prince of Wales (later duke of Windsor) Edward VIII, Nagato enters the yards for her first refit. To solve smoke-laying issues hampering the bridge structure a large cap was fitted on the fore funnel, the mainmast was also reduced in height and additional scupper pipes were added to the hull sides. Some more minor modifications, like the rearranging of some searchlights and the fitting of a 3,5m rangefinder above the bridge, were also implemented.
On august 28th 1922, Nagato departs Kure for the Siberian coast in preparation of the Japanese troops withdrawal. Mutsu, Kongou, Hiei, Kirishima and Ise join Nagato as part of BattleshipDivision 1.

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Outstanding work! Can't wait to see the rest of the updates.

Lovely work BB, even in her pre-WWII guise. [ img ]

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Excellent work on the redux. I thought these were excellent the first time round, but now I'm sure its perfection!

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This was particulary tricky, getting the fore-funnel to the correct shape was a pain. (And, just to the futile seek of sayin it. I've not done this in two days -or one like the earlier one- I've started them all two months ago

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Nagato as of 1925:

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In semptember 1923 Nagato, along with Mutsu is one of the first ships to transport supplies to Yokosuka in the aftermath of the devastating Kanto Earthquake. She then served as a gunnery trining ship until December 1924 when she entered the yards for a major reconstruction. The works, lasting until March 1925, were focused on the installation of a new fire-control system (labeled "Type 14", replacing the older "Type 13") and on solving the smoke-laying issues affecting the bridge. The most noticeable change was the reshaping of the fore-funnel, which was swept back and lowered to the same height of the after-one, aquiring a peculiar S-shaped silouhette. Larger deckhouses were built inside the heptapodal mast and a fire-control platform was added in place of the uppermost searchlight platform, the lowermost platform was also increased in area. The spotting top was lenghtened forward and a new RDF equipment fitted on the back of the main gun director. Additionally, the anti-torpedo nets were removed, two more 76mm (3-inch) AA guns were added abreast the mainmast and the 3,5m rangefinders fitted above the compass bridge were relocated further aft. Searchlights on the mainmast were relocated and the paravane stowage was modified, casemate guns recieved canvas bags.
In august 1925, under the supervision of aircraft designer Hernst Heinkel, a German-made custom-built take-off platform is fitted on Nagato's turret two and multpile test were made off Tateyama using an Heinkel HD-25 and a Yokosuka Ro-go Ko-gata floatplanes. The platform is later removed, a modified version of it is then fitted on both Furutaka class crusiers.
On december 1st 1925 Nagato rejoins BattleshipDivision1 under command of Admiral Keisuke Okada, becoming the Combined Fleet Flagship.

As usual, completed drawings are on the first page too...
(And, now that I think of it, has anyone drawn the Heinkel HD-25? Or there are technical drawings of it?)

EPIC work, my friend!

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