74 [F-N-S] ArnoldSchoenberg Members 567 posts 19,531 battles Report post #1 Posted March 11, 2017 Is it a deliberate deviation from history? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
454 [SCCC] TheCityofWuhan Members 2,845 posts 10,646 battles Report post #2 Posted March 11, 2017 its paper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
74 [F-N-S] ArnoldSchoenberg Members 567 posts 19,531 battles Report post #3 Posted March 11, 2017 its paper the funnel position is wrong. It was laid down. It is more than paper. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6,012 [SOUP] Chobittsu Modder 8,805 posts Report post #4 Posted March 11, 2017 I assume you mean this: Look closely at the trunked funnel design on the 44' refit 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,182 BlazerSparta Members 11,026 posts 30,427 battles Report post #5 Posted March 11, 2017 Amagi was laid down as a BB, but was going to be converted to a CV because of some treaty. The Amagi hull was damaged in an earthquake, so Akagi got converted instead. The old stock hull was probably fairly historic, but the upgraded hull is mostly fantasy. As far as the game goes, they just copied Nagato's superstructure, slapped a new funnel on it, and called it a day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,901 [SYN] MrDeaf Members 15,874 posts 12,803 battles Report post #6 Posted March 11, 2017 Amagi, laid down in 1920, construction stopped in 1922 North Carolina, laid down in 1937, completed in 1940, commissioned in 1941 Bismarck, laid down in 1936, completed in 1939 and commissioned in 1940 That's a major gap in design, so it's obviously going to require hypothetical modernization Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
9,848 [NMKJT] KiyoSenkan Beta Testers 24,800 posts 3,895 battles Report post #7 Posted March 11, 2017 (edited) Yeah you're right, she looks nothing like the Amagi that was actually built. Edited March 11, 2017 by Destroyer_Kiyoshimo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,244 Seraphil Alpha Tester 4,156 posts 8,061 battles Report post #8 Posted March 11, 2017 He means how the stock hull has both funnels bent into a single exit funnel, which is not the design on paper. My guess is it would have been a logical design change based on the planned design for the Tosa, which does have the bent funnel design. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
963 [PLPT] SergeantHop Members 4,435 posts 6,599 battles Report post #9 Posted March 11, 2017 Amagi was laid down as a BB, but was going to be converted to a CV because of some treaty. The Amagi hull was damaged in an earthquake, so Akagi got converted instead. The old stock hull was probably fairly historic, but the upgraded hull is mostly fantasy. As far as the game goes, they just copied Nagato's superstructure, slapped a new funnel on it, and called it a day. Sorta. They were battlecruisers, and per the Washington Naval Treaty, planned and in-progress battlecruisers had to be cancelled, with the option to turn two into carriers. Both Amagi and Akagi were going to be converted, but as you mentioned, Amagi was damaged in an earthquake, with the damage being so significant that they decided to just scrap the hull. The US also was bound by this, with the Lexington and Saratoga being converted. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
