Jracule

I think it's been about 2 years since I last posted something I made on the forums here. I don't even know if they still have an art section so if I placed it in the wrong place, my B. Somehow, I stumbled back onto the forums and found a message where someone asked if I still fiddle around with warship designs on SketchUp. Well, between writing history articles I do sometimes still mess around with various designs. So here is the latest creation, a design study on the H-44 class (Which was nothing more than a design study itself). The tonnage figures for the design always vexed me, seeming to be a lot of wasted tonnage for the intended specifications. So using SketchUp and Springsharp, I created a dreadnought at the same size. At about the same size and displacement, I was able to fit the following Armament: 12x 50.8cm (20")/52 Guns (4x3) 16x 155mm (6.1")/55 Guns (8x2) 20x 128mm(5")/61 (10x2) 80x 55mm Guns (12x4, 12x2, 8x1) 112x 20mm Guns (28x4) All this while still retaining an appropriate level of armor and a speed of 30 knots. Once the calculations were done, I then just messed around and added various features, combing design traits of various navies (Germany: Turrets, Superstructure. US: 300,000shp powerplant study, Armor Layout. Japan: Integrated boat/aircraft hangars. Russia: Hull Design. Italy: Multiple Rudders. Etc) I'm still detailing it when I'm bored so this is still an incomplete model. I'll add fittings, camo, and the aircraft eventually. When that happens, I might share it again. You can check out some of the photos below. The last two show some other design studies I messed around with prior (45knot destroyer, two mastless subs using diamond shaped hulls to reflect sonar waves (Type 212CD), a larger modern frigate trimaran, and the bastard lovechild of a Gerald R. Ford and Russian 23000E Schtorm super carrier. If you like messing around on Sketchup, you can use these models for your own projects if you like.