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I've added the Giulio Cesare as she appeared in 1937 upon completion of her rebuild. She is lenthened with a good 10m. Two of her shafts were removed and all the old boilers were replaced with new ones, giving her a top speed of 27kts. The old 12in guns were rebored to 12,6 inches. Six turrets with twin 4,7in single purpose guns replaced the old secondary battery. The AA battery consisted of 8x100mm guns in four twin mounts. The light AA defense consisted of 12x37mm Breda guns in twin mounts and 12 Breda 13,2mm machine guns.

Unlike the battleships of other nations, the Cesare, like the other Italian battleships did not have torpedo bulges added, using instead the Pugliese system, which did not work well with the rebuilt battleships as they were too narrow to fully utilize the system.

Giulio Cesare as rebuilt in 1937:

Yes! Was hoping to see some post-refit drawings! Awesome work!

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

The Official IJN Ships & Planes List

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Yes! Shower me with praise!

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Oh, the modified Cavour! Thanks! Nice ship, nice drawing, very Well drawn, painted and shadowed.

Going away from the rebuilds and back to the basics, I've added the Giulio Cesare as she appeared in the mid 20s. The main mast was moved ahead of the foremast, and rebuilt into a quadpod mast. Six AA guns are added to the sides of the rear funnel. New directors are added to the ship, two over the bridge, and one on the rear conning tower.

This is what she looked like before a catapult and crane was added to the forecastle.

Giulio Cesare as she appeared in the mid 20s:

Very nice work!

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

The Official IJN Ships & Planes List

#FJB

Good work.

I've added the Leonardo da Vinci as commisioned in 1914. Also shown is the redone color scheme to better match colorized photographs of the ship.

Leonardo da Vinci as commisioned in 1914:


Here's a link to a bunch of colorized images of ships of the Regia Marina:
https://yosikava.livejournal.com/146361.html

Very nice work!

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

The Official IJN Ships & Planes List

#FJB