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Post subject: Re: The last DidoPosted: February 17th, 2012, 5:12 am
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Post subject: Re: The last DidoPosted: February 17th, 2012, 6:53 am
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ditto on the Dido nice work


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Post subject: Re: The last DidoPosted: February 17th, 2012, 7:24 am
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What a beautifully classic ship. I love the modern warships, but I am bedazzled by this era of ship.

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Post subject: Re: The last DidoPosted: February 17th, 2012, 8:32 am
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Clonecommander6454 wrote:
Nice Dido. Too bad they didn't serve for too long.
Thanks again chaps, and yes shipmate, they had limited lives due to wartime construction; plus, they really were too cramped for any realistic updating into the missile age. That said I think I've done a decent job on Novice's hull :)


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Post subject: Re: The last DidoPosted: February 17th, 2012, 8:58 am
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Very nice you could as AU make her service last longer even fit her with Seacat

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Post subject: Re: The last DidoPosted: February 17th, 2012, 10:06 am
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Sure, and maybe upgrade the sensor fit and update the light aa. I'm not sure how good the 5.25-in would be in the strictly surface role, as I'd assume it would be too slow against low level fast aircraft. The Babur was in the Pakistan navy for quite a while, but I don't thing she was ever modernised.


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Post subject: Re: The last DidoPosted: February 17th, 2012, 10:11 am
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Thank you Bill for this excellent update. As a matter of fact I've toyed with the idea of SeaCat on this ship, for a long time, and this drawing have made me think it over. The result of my thoughts will be made public in the AU thread about the post war RN.

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Post subject: Re: The last DidoPosted: February 17th, 2012, 10:42 am
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This is a cracker Bill. The Dido's were good looking ships and all those post-war improvements didn't detract from that beauty.
Alas ships like these were overtaken by newer technology (jet planes, stand-off missiles, atom bombs etc.) but they were fine ships while they lasted to fill the gap between the old school and newer missile-armed tincans that followed.

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Post subject: Re: The last DidoPosted: February 18th, 2012, 3:53 pm
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Bill,

Absolutely beautiful!!

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Post subject: Re: The last DidoPosted: February 18th, 2012, 4:32 pm
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Cheers chaps; and ahoy Mark, I thought we'd lost you overboard :D


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