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pure gold.
Its fair to say that With these merits, and if you wish, you can by my abroval re-do the Hippers and the armoured ships that I used to do years ago.

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Wow, thanks for the approval. Might be a while until I have the time to do it, though...

In the meantime, here's Leipzig in 1934: Aircraft facilities are now installed, torpedo caliber and AA has been increased.

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Again some beautiful drawings of a Reichsmarine vessel. One nitpick; the right torpedo above the ship should be moved a little to the left. I realize it's placed exactly over the launchers position, but on the drawing it appears as a 'balloon' on the antenna

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Very nice work...I hereby nominate DG_Alpha as the forum's official Reichsmarine / Kriegsmarine artist!

-Matt

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Thanks for the comments! I've moved the torpedo a little bit to the left, maybe that'll look a bit better. Here's Leipzig in 1937: New heavy and light AA and a new mast. Also, I've added the markings she had during her time in the Spanish Civil War.


Maybe later I'll add a Vought O2U Corsair V-85G that was stationed on the cruiser ca. 1937 for evaluation trials. Couldn't find it in planebucket, so I assume it hasn't been done yet?

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Great work!

-Matt

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In 1939, the crane was replaced by a less massive grate crane. By 1941, the aircraft catapult and the lower searchlight posts had been removed, the aft torpedo tubes went to Gneisenau Also: camo!


One more version to go!

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Excellent work, DG! Only one thing to achieve perfection: move the torpedoes up, say six to eight pixels to completely clear the masts. Otherwise, what can I say? Outstanding!

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Beautiful!

-Matt

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Great work DG. Great drawings of all cruisers.

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