Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Completed GBs => Group and Themed Builds => 2018 Clear your workbench GB => Topic started by: dy031101 on April 19, 2018, 05:16:51 AM
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I was approached by M.A.D. last year with a few alt.-RAN requests- one of them being a carrier of French origin. The idea is that, given that the carrier is naturally going to be no where nearly as big as an American supercarrier, the problem of a smaller and even less-capable airwing is to be alleviated with an area air defense missile suite.
I was not creative enough to come up with a solution and thought that a point-defense missile suite would have been more likely anyway, and...... life sucks.
And then recently I came across this (See Attachment) (http://www.aeronavale-porteavions.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2269). I might be able to do something with that between now and early May. Naturally, the Masurca launchers will be replaced with those for the Terrier missiles.
Seeing that Terrier launchers remained available for ship projects into at least mid-1960s...... now the only problem is with the manning requirement (Mk.13 needs only 3-8 men; Terrier launchers need 16); and when the Tartar launcher upgrades to the SM-1MR, the Terrier launcher would get the SM-1ER......
More to follow. The completed entry will come in Shipbucket format.
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:smiley: