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Vanguard part 4
With the launch of the Ohio some of the workforce at the 'ole shipyard has been freed up. Supplies of armour-plate have been delivered and work has once again resumed on the Vanguard.
The secondary armament of 5.25's has been installed along with their mounts. Problem was the turrets are mk2's and differ from those made for the KGV and Dido class in their shape. Finding any kind of plan of these was difficult, so back to the model of her in the Science Museum and the ships plans from Sambrooks plus various photo's.
Tried to make them out of one tube along Y axis, but the poly for the roof wouldn't respond to the reshaping of the points, same for several other polys near the barrels. So various primitive shapes had to be used and I ended up with about 330 polys per turret and barrels with 1 glass poly for the observers position (though you have to get real close to see it).
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regards Collin:ernae:
With the launch of the Ohio some of the workforce at the 'ole shipyard has been freed up. Supplies of armour-plate have been delivered and work has once again resumed on the Vanguard.
The secondary armament of 5.25's has been installed along with their mounts. Problem was the turrets are mk2's and differ from those made for the KGV and Dido class in their shape. Finding any kind of plan of these was difficult, so back to the model of her in the Science Museum and the ships plans from Sambrooks plus various photo's.
Tried to make them out of one tube along Y axis, but the poly for the roof wouldn't respond to the reshaping of the points, same for several other polys near the barrels. So various primitive shapes had to be used and I ended up with about 330 polys per turret and barrels with 1 glass poly for the observers position (though you have to get real close to see it).
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regards Collin:ernae:
PSULLYKEYS
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Lookin' Good Collin!!!
CG_1976
Ret. US Coastie/RCAF
Sounds like ye ole trollop is in a destructive mode. Sink another for Canada. I got grog for you waiting at Wild Cats up here.
Dirtman... ya missed eh!"Vanguard part 5
Main Turrets
I scrapped the old ones and after 4 attempts with primitive tubes I went back to the drawing board. With several books in hand I decided to build them like the originals on the ship with boxes depicting the side plates. Viewing several photo's in books like
HMS Vanguard, by Neil McCart,
Naval Weapons, by J Campbell,
To Sail No More part 7, by Steve Bush.
I managed to reason out how they were done. Once made I went on a poly hunt and deleted those not seen then joined them together to form the turret sides. The roof came next and this was made from about five 4 sided tubes, again a poly hunt followed and the roof parts joined. Turret sides and roof were textured seperately and then joined with the axis repositioned.
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There are a few errant polys and points that don't wish to co-operate, but the workforce battered most of them into submission,
those remaining, don't seem to alter the appearance and have been left alone.
Now for the barrels...
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These are made from a 12 sided tube, with about 12 cross sections. Some to taper the shape of the barrel, some so that the polys between the sections could be textured differently.
Turret and barrels were joined, and have a total of 449 polys for each turret.
There's a few remaining parts to be made for the turrets which will be added later.
regards Collin:ernae:
Main Turrets
I scrapped the old ones and after 4 attempts with primitive tubes I went back to the drawing board. With several books in hand I decided to build them like the originals on the ship with boxes depicting the side plates. Viewing several photo's in books like
HMS Vanguard, by Neil McCart,
Naval Weapons, by J Campbell,
To Sail No More part 7, by Steve Bush.
I managed to reason out how they were done. Once made I went on a poly hunt and deleted those not seen then joined them together to form the turret sides. The roof came next and this was made from about five 4 sided tubes, again a poly hunt followed and the roof parts joined. Turret sides and roof were textured seperately and then joined with the axis repositioned.
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There are a few errant polys and points that don't wish to co-operate, but the workforce battered most of them into submission,
those remaining, don't seem to alter the appearance and have been left alone.Now for the barrels...
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These are made from a 12 sided tube, with about 12 cross sections. Some to taper the shape of the barrel, some so that the polys between the sections could be textured differently.
Turret and barrels were joined, and have a total of 449 polys for each turret.
There's a few remaining parts to be made for the turrets which will be added later.
regards Collin:ernae:
PSULLYKEYS
Charter Member
Lookin' fine Collin!
My 86' wood drifter is up at my site - 2 skins, enjoy. An unarmed one is in the works.
My 86' wood drifter is up at my site - 2 skins, enjoy. An unarmed one is in the works.
Sully's Drifter's are Great! From what I can discern the 86 foot'er was classified as a "Non-Standard Drifter" size 86"x19'x9'8" + or - a few inches. Armament WWI to about 1942 1 6 prd or 4" naval gun, 5 Lee Enfild MkIII rifles and 3 pistols. Around about 42 some Drifters had there main gun upgraded to a 12 prd HA and from the gist of my readings a couple of mg's for better AA defense.
When I see great looking ship the devil makes me do this
Skipsan
PS: The names of 4 Drifter's I found are "Midnight Sun, Nadir, Nightfall & Ray".
When I see great looking ship the devil makes me do this
Skipsan
PS: The names of 4 Drifter's I found are "Midnight Sun, Nadir, Nightfall & Ray".
PSULLYKEYS
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Have fun with it Skip, the shipyards humming when real life doesn't interfere!
PSULLYKEYS
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Still working on 2 more, here's progress...
A-Hoa Sully
Sully take a look see at the web pages, rummage around there is lots of things/information and just fun:
1.http://www.allstates-flag.com//fotw/flags/no~ntsh.html
2.http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/U....html#contents
3.http://www.mountfleetmodels.co.uk/index.html
4.http://www.bodangora.com/sds/sds.html
5.http://www.gwpda.org/naval/atrawler.htm
"CLICK" ON #5 FIRST, then <>on click here this leads to a on line book with really good stuff "FYI" IF YOU <> ON [return to WWI The Maritime War] or: http://www.gwpda.org/naval/n0000000.htm one can get some rigging details etc.
And "#3" has great modeling details great eye candy sight.
6.http://www.antiquesofthesea.com/deckgear.html
#6. has lots of stuff page 28 has an pilot house window that opens how would of known.
Skipsan
Sully take a look see at the web pages, rummage around there is lots of things/information and just fun:
1.http://www.allstates-flag.com//fotw/flags/no~ntsh.html
2.http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/U....html#contents
3.http://www.mountfleetmodels.co.uk/index.html
4.http://www.bodangora.com/sds/sds.html
5.http://www.gwpda.org/naval/atrawler.htm
"CLICK" ON #5 FIRST, then <>on click here this leads to a on line book with really good stuff "FYI" IF YOU <> ON [return to WWI The Maritime War] or: http://www.gwpda.org/naval/n0000000.htm one can get some rigging details etc.
And "#3" has great modeling details great eye candy sight.
6.http://www.antiquesofthesea.com/deckgear.html
#6. has lots of stuff page 28 has an pilot house window that opens how would of known.
Skipsan
PSULLYKEYS
Charter Member
Thanks, All great stuff Skip, so little time!
PSULLYKEYS
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Seen on a shakedown cruise in the Black Sea...
PSULLYKEYS
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URSS type7 DD up!
She's up at my site...enjoy!
She's up at my site...enjoy!