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Preview of the Pecos Class Light Cruisers. Hull form is essentially set; internal arrangement of vital spaces is drawn in, and the decks are overlaid on each other.



I'll post other updates as I make more progress.

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Redhorse

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FD Scale F-14s

that is one sharp stern :O hell, it is sharper then the bow!

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Sir, Your work is exemplary. I look forward to enjoying more of it.

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Actually, ace, it is Redhorse utilizing that famous US design feature of a 'V' shaped stern, where you can achieve that sort of sharpness at the stern. The bow looks very much like a typical US cruiser design should look like. Congrats Redhorse, and eagerly awaiting the result to come! If you need to use the 'V' stern of the Northamptons, and you don't have it, drop me a letter and I'll forward it to you!

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My Avatar:Петр Алексеевич Безобразов (Petr Alekseevich Bezobrazov), Вице-адмирал , царская ВМФ России(1845-1906) - I sign my drawings as Ari Saarinen

Hard to read, but spaces labelled on each deck, and the outboard profile is underway.

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Redhorse

Current Projects:
Republic of Texas Navy
FD Scale F-14s

Hmmm...I'd rather have you lenghten the stern some, and, instead of rounding off the bottom touch of the stern, I'd have it radically sharp. The shaft arrangement is novel. Aestethically it's so-so, and it doesn't optimize water flow along the shaft lines. Otherwise it looks very promising. Oh, why don't you use the 'V'-shaped stern form with flutes? It'd look really nice on your design!

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My Avatar:Петр Алексеевич Безобразов (Petr Alekseevich Bezobrazov), Вице-адмирал , царская ВМФ России(1845-1906) - I sign my drawings as Ari Saarinen

Just about done. I have to apply hull shading, marking and a few other details before putting her in a template:

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Redhorse

Current Projects:
Republic of Texas Navy
FD Scale F-14s

Really lovely and well balanced ship Redhorse.

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"If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done." ~Ludwig Wittgenstein

I like this! If I was bothered to take my some time I would also have done something this way... But I am a lazy bastard! hehehe

The Rio Grande Class Cruiser is laid down in 1927, and will be launched in 1930. I'm going to take my time on this ship, and share how I've learned to put them together from the first pixel to the last. The Rio Grande is the 30th ship I've drawn for the Republic of Texas Navy, and I'm still refining how I do it.



This is what I used to call a base layer, but it is the first layer in the pdn file. The page is divided into three parts: at the top is the part that will become the inboard profile. The middle part is for body plan sections to help me shade the hull (I'm trying a new technique since I'm not completely satisfied with how I shade hulls). The bottom part has the beam and length lines to help me lay out the deck plans.

The top section has the hull dimensions laid out. The bottom box becomes the hull below the waterline, the top boxes define the slope of the main deck and the freeboard. The midships reference line is obvious, and the lines just to the left and right define the limits of the vital space...no guns or machinery past those points. Dimensionally, that data comes right off Springsharp.

My next step and next post will have the hull form refined and the decks laid out for the inboard profile.

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Redhorse

Current Projects:
Republic of Texas Navy
FD Scale F-14s