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Battleship Ideas and Inspiration
GTX_Admin:
Hi folks,
An area for your Battleship Ideas and Inspiration.
Regards,
Greg
Maverick:
Not having naval knowledge, per se, one wonders if a monitor type ship would be a capable design for open water? I should think that its lower profile would be advantagous compared to a 'normal' ship from a concealment perspective providing one could waterproof the upper structure to prevent swamping. In reality, it'd be almost like a surfaced submarine, but subs are infamous for low profiles compared to surface ships.
Regards,
John
Cliffy B:
Oddly enough, the Iowas show up on radar looking like a tugboat and barge thanks to their profile. The super high bow sticks up and then everything between it and the forward superstructure is masked. Accidental stealth 8) Although, a tugboat pulling a barge sighted in the middle of the ocean doing 30 knots..... ;D
elmayerle:
Some of the FACES II mods proposed for the Iowa-class would be interesting. For grins, same approach applied to the Montana-class or to H.M.S. Vanguard (plausible since the basic hull is derived from the proposed Lion-class and a battlecarrier version of that class was considered)?
sequoiaranger:
Not to pound my own drum, but I have a whole website devoted to naval what-ifs--"Furashita's Fleet":
http://www.combinedfleet.com/furashita/furamain.htm#ijn
...that might provide some inspiration/ideas. I have built a few such ships, in 1/1200 or 1/2000, and one in 1/700 (IJN Scruyu) that I have actually discarded :icon_nif: for want of room.
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