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Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Sea => Topic started by: ysi_maniac on March 07, 2018, 03:47:01 AM

Title: Corazzate e Incrociatori da battaglia
Post by: ysi_maniac on March 07, 2018, 03:47:01 AM

With this drawing I try to figure out how to trasform a Pola class cruiser into a design of an italian compact battleship that appears in page 237 of 'The Complete Encyclopedia of Battleships and Battlecruisers' by Tony Gibbons.
https://www.amazon.es/Complete-Encyclopedia-Battleships-Technical-Directory/dp/B000N385OW/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1520365194&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=encycopedia+battleships+gibbons (https://www.amazon.es/Complete-Encyclopedia-Battleships-Technical-Directory/dp/B000N385OW/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1520365194&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=encycopedia+battleships+gibbons)

Displacement: 27,000 tons
Length: 190 m
Main armament: 6 x 15in

(http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j340/ysi_maniac/drawShips/ItalCompactBattleship.jpg) (http://s1080.photobucket.com/user/ysi_maniac/media/drawShips/ItalCompactBattleship.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Corazzate e Incrociatori da battaglia
Post by: Dr. YoKai on March 13, 2018, 12:20:26 AM

An elegant solution, but I think you would have problems with increased top weight, especially forward. A
single 15 inch mount forward would probably be a bit less strain on the hull. Still a nice concept, and a nice nod to a terrific reference. I've owned Gibbon's 'Battleships...' for decades, and still thumb through it pretty regular.