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Hotschi -> New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (6/3/2012 8:49:06 PM)

Worcester-Class CL



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This is a somewhat "de-blurred" version of my previous one in Don Bowen's request thread.



Terminus -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (6/3/2012 8:51:11 PM)

Dan Brown is here???[:D]



Hotschi -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (6/3/2012 8:52:34 PM)

Ooops [:D]



Hotschi -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (6/3/2012 8:53:18 PM)

The BMP's




Hotschi -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (6/3/2012 8:54:23 PM)

Worcester-Class CL - with catapults



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Hotschi -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (6/3/2012 8:55:29 PM)

The BMP's





Hotschi -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (6/3/2012 8:56:50 PM)

Juneau-Class CLAA's



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This file is a edit of Big B's original Oakland-Class CLAA, not my original work. If this causes any issues, I apologize in advance.



Hotschi -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (6/3/2012 8:58:07 PM)

The BMP's

Newer version in post 13



Hotschi -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (6/3/2012 9:01:53 PM)

The Des Moines-Class CA is the next project, haven't started yet.



ssquibb79 -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (6/3/2012 11:53:38 PM)

These are great, thank you!!



Don Bowen -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (6/4/2012 2:42:05 PM)


Very good indeed. Thanks.



Hotschi -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (6/20/2012 10:27:21 AM)

New - and final - version of the CL-119 Juneau-Class.


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Redo of the superstructure - stumbled upon a few pictures which revealed to me that it looks quite different compared with the older CLAA's. The area aft between the fire control radar and #4 turret is mainly guesswork by me.



Hotschi -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (6/20/2012 10:31:46 AM)

The bmp's




Don Bowen -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (6/20/2012 4:52:35 PM)


Appreciate all this fine work!



ssquibb79 -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (6/21/2012 2:09:11 AM)

Thank You!!!



Don Bowen -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (6/26/2012 8:24:07 PM)


Anything on Des Moines??



Hotschi -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (6/26/2012 8:50:53 PM)

Working on it - expecting to finish it Friday this week at the latest. I want to get away from releasing stuff in a hurry, only to get back at it again and again just because it just ain't right.

And I have a 3-year old little dude at home - who, as soon as he sees daddy turning on the laptop, insists on watching caterpillar (excavator?) movies on YouTube [:D]



Don Bowen -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (6/26/2012 10:59:02 PM)


Thanks, appreciate it. Your stuff is well worth waiting for.

I know about those young distractions. I have a 5 1/2 year old granddaughter who is 100% sure her grandmother and I only exist to do things with her.



oldman45 -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (6/27/2012 1:40:09 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Don Bowen


Thanks, appreciate it. Your stuff is well worth waiting for.

I know about those young distractions. I have a 5 1/2 year old granddaughter who is 100% sure her grandmother and I only exist to do things with her.


You didn't know that? Its in Chapter 2 of the Grandparents handbook. The all important Chapter 3 explains how to pump the child up with sugar right before you send them home [;)]



Hotschi -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (6/30/2012 5:39:31 PM)

No, still no finished Des Moines yet.

But to show you all that I am actually doing something, here's a preview, putting my stuff in comparison;

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Ships from top to bottom; Baltimore-Class (Big B), Oregon-Class (Big B), the Des Moines, Worcester-Class - and Big B's Fargo-Class.

Latest stage as of 15/7 - getting closer. Still not satisfied.







Hotschi -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (8/11/2012 9:54:11 PM)

DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead!
MORTICIAN: What?
CUSTOMER: Nothing -- here's your nine pence.
DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead!
MORTICIAN: Here -- he says he's not dead!
CUSTOMER: Yes, he is.
DEAD PERSON: I'm not!

This could be the release version of the Des Moines - the 3rd ship in the row. If it's okay, I'll post the stuff later this weekend. Please tell me honestly what you think - and yes I can take punches as long as it serves to improve things [:D]



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Hotschi -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (8/12/2012 9:06:04 PM)

Okay, here it is - and because it can't be me without changing things over and over again, it's different as in the comparative preview above - the bow section is different.



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I've used existing bits and pieces of the original AE-art, namely the fire-control radars, the cones(?) for the forward and aft range-finders. The 5 inch turrets are taken from the Gearing DD's. The hull colour and shading/pixeling (whatever the correct term) is also from existing art done by Big B - no need to reinvent the wheel, and after all I think it should blend into existing art.



Hotschi -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (8/12/2012 9:11:35 PM)

And here, after almost 3 damn months, the bmp's [;)]



el cid again -> RE: New Ship Art - Late War US Cruisers (8/21/2012 3:28:09 PM)

While I don't see any way for a Des Moines class ship to complete in time for WWII operations - even as late
as the summer of 1946 - I served alongside the USS Newport News twice - once in the Atlantic Fleet and later
in Viet Nam. In that conflict, she set the all time record for heavy gunfire support per unit time. I forget the
numbers, but coming under fire by probably 152mm gun howitzers acting as shore batteries, she responded
with something like 254 heavy shells (8 inch and 5 inch) in five minutes - and silenced the battery! We -
in our aluminum superstructured destroyers - would run when under fire! What did Nelson say? "No sailor
but a fool" (would engage shore batteries). Unless you were on USS Newport News - or perhaps on USS New
Jersey!



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