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[REL] DD Benham and DD Benson Destroyer
Hello Captains
here you can get 2 new Destroyer-types for your SH4-Fleet. 1.) The Benham Class Destroyer http://www.aotd-flottille.de/Maddy/SH4/Benham1.jpg http://www.aotd-flottille.de/Maddy/SH4/Benham2.jpg 2.) The Benson Class Destroyer http://www.aotd-flottille.de/Maddy/SH4/Benson1.jpg http://www.aotd-flottille.de/Maddy/SH4/Benson2.jpg Both Vessels are integrated in one Mod. Installing : If you wanne use this Ships in your SH4 Version you first have to make a copy of your names-file in your roster-directory and copy it to the roster-directory in this mod. Then you have to add following lines to the Name-File below the entry DDSomers=Destroyer Somers Class DDBenham=Destroyer Benham Class DDBenson=Destroyer Benson Class After this is done you can enable this Mod via JSGME ! Download : http://www.aotd-flottille.de/Maddy/SH4/US_DD.rar This Units are made out of the Somers-Class with Wings3D and S3D-Tool. Special Thanks to Skwas for his great S3D ! Enjoy them..... Regards AOTD|MadMax |
Lovely models, shame about the textures :O:
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Whats wrong with the textures ?
Greets Maddy |
Wonderful! The Benson & Gleaves class is my favorite type of American DD.
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Update !!!!
The Benson is updatet ! Now he got more origin Bridgehouse ! http://www.aotd-flottille.de/Maddy/SH4/Benson2.jpg Download : http://www.aotd-flottille.de/Maddy/SH4/US_DD.rar Greets Maddy |
Gleaves class
Beautiful, good work.
My father-in-law was on a Gleaves class DD. The only easy way of differentiating the two new classes from one another was that the Bensons had flat-sided stacks while the Gleaves’ were round. The two classes were similar designs prepared by two sources, Bethlehem (Benson) and Gibbs & Cox, (Gleaves) with small numbers of ships authorized in each fiscal year. As the war threat increased, the Navy ordered repeat builds of the two classes. All these repeat ships were ordered with only four 5" mounts due to severe topweight problems with the initial ships with the #3 5" mount being replaced with an AA mount. Ships in service had their #3 mount removed during refits. With a little change you could add a Gleaves class with 4 5" mounts. |
Nice work AOTD :DL
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Cool!:cool:
Two classes that are definately needed! Mike.:DL |
Hello Captains,
also in work is the latewar Allan M. Sumner class destroyer. Here first pictures : http://www.aotd-flottille.de/Maddy/SH4/AMSumner2.jpg http://www.aotd-flottille.de/Maddy/SH4/AMSumner1.jpg Some small finetunig must be done but he is nearly to release ! Regards AOTD|MadMax |
In case you're interested, someone on modelwarships.com built a fine diorama that includes my favorite "Benson" class, the "USS Laffey":
http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews...0-dp/title.htm The "Laffey's" famous for attacking the Japanese Battleship "Hiei" single-handedly during the night battle off Guadalcanal. She machine gunned the bridge & killed the BB's captain - only to get blown out of the water by 14" shells and a torpedo. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/i...000/h97865.jpg |
Some News from the Navy !
The new Allen M. Sumner Class Destroyer is near to release ! Some new pictures : http://www.aotd-flottille.de/Maddy/SH4/AMSumner6.jpg http://www.aotd-flottille.de/Maddy/SH4/AMSumner4.jpg http://www.aotd-flottille.de/Maddy/SH4/AMSumner5.jpg http://www.aotd-flottille.de/Maddy/SH4/AMSumner3.jpg Hope you like him ! Greets Maddy |
Very nice.
Do you know how to add pennant numbers on the bow? That's one thing I have always wanted for Silent Hunter warships. |
@ iambecomelife
You can make them with little 3D-Modells and colour them white. Thats very easy. Greets Maddy |
If you're interested in the details, here is a close-up picture of the turrets of a Benson class DD:
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...nsonTurret.jpg And more at the source it came from. http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/431.htm And here is a close-up of the turret on a Gearing class, which was an Allan M. Sumner stretched to hold more fuel: http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...eve/Bbass4.jpg http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...eve/Bbass2.jpg http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...ve/bbass-5.jpg The framing gets missed a lot. I'm not sure, but I'm betting the 5" turrets on American battleships had the same external framing. |
@ Sailor Steve
You mean more this Style ? http://www.aotd-flottille.de/Maddy/SH4/Sumner1.jpg http://www.aotd-flottille.de/Maddy/SH4/Sumner2.jpg http://www.aotd-flottille.de/Maddy/SH4/Sumner3.jpg http://www.aotd-flottille.de/Maddy/SH4/Sumner4.jpg I think this looks more authentic ! What do you think ?? If you like him in this way a can release him tomorrow ! Best Regards Maddy |
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