[REL] Grom class destroyers

[the_frog]

Hello,

I did a model of the Polish Grom class destroyers.





The basic model is that of the Blyskawica after re-fitting in 1941; however, early equipment is included.

Known issue:
Camouflage schemes are made using best estimates of colours of the respective time. So, late schemes tend to be largely greenish. I am aware, internet photographs of Blyskawica as a museum often sport plenty of blue. This is especially striking with photographs showing her in a 1941 Western Approaches Scheme. However, those schemes used off white as the base tone but not baby blue ...

DL: http://www.mediafire.com/download/g7...D_Grom_mod.zip


the Frog

[Aktungbby]

GROM! My very first confirmed sinking in SHII from my 'Kanöe' TYPE II... but yours looks a whole lot better! Really great stuff here...thanks!

[Missing Name]

You keep churning these out! Good work, kamerad

However only two of those were built according to wikipedia..

[brett25]

really nice work mate....beautiful ship

[Jimbuna]

She looks the business matey

[Leitender]

Hi the_frog,

wonderfull model, however (=wie immer ). I can see a 286 radar on top of the mast and another 285 radar on top of the rangefinder. Were these destroyers equipped with such radars?

Greetings

[the_frog]

@sailorX:

Well, there were also just two Nelsons, two Bismarcks, two xxx ...


@Leitender:

As stated, the base model is the end-1941 configuration. During the refit, Blyskawica's original rangefinder/director was replaced by a British high-angle director, equiped with a 285 gunnery radar; also a sea-/air-warning radar was added. However, I couldn't find any reference to a specific instrument but the most common device at that time was the 286 ...

I just wanted to say that spawn probability of this class DD should be really low..

[Leitender]

Hi the_frog,

thanks for your answer. I found a model kit site, where the ORP Blyskawica is shown in late war (1943-1944) condition. It shows the 285 6 Yagi Antenna fire control radar on the bridge, a 290/291 radar antenna on top of the mast and probably a 271 radar at the stern. Please take a look:

http://smmlonline.com/articles/blysk...lyskawica.html

Maybe the 290/291 Radar replaced an older one...

Greetings

[jaxa]

Fantastic work the_frog, especially for Polish players like me

ORP Grom (H 71) was sinked in Narvik by German bombers He 111 during campaign in Norway, but ORP Błyskawica (H 34) happily survived the war and is a museum-ship now in Gdynia. I strongly recommend you visit this destroyer during your trip to Poland.

[the_frog]

@leitender:
The 290/291 array was introduced in late 1941, so it could be the Blyskawica received it right during the 1941 refit

@jaxa:
All textures representing post-1940 colour patterns do have only the H34 pennant painted on

I visited Blyskawica several years ago (2006 or so). At that time, I had no camera with me, and also no idea of ever doing a 3D model of her ...

[Leitender]

the_frog

I couldn´t find original pictures of the Blyskawica with radar antennas fitted. Maybe they have been removed from the pictures. Today it still/again has the 290/291 aerial.

Off topic:

jaxa

In 2006 you wrote a really excellent article about german radars and radar warning receivers. I use it widely as a source:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom//showthread.php?t=94024

In the meantime, i found a great internet site from a polish expert about the radar equipment aboard german uboats. It´s really worth to take a look on it:

http://www.ubootwaffe.pl/en/u-boats/...german-u-boats

Greetings

[jaxa]

the_frog: IMHO that's not a big mistake to use only H34 skin for Grom class destroyers, because ORP Grom was sunk very quickly, in April 1940, and wasn't use in many actions during WWII. ORP Błyskawica was a really workhorse for Polish Navy during war, in Battle of Atlantic and other actions like Operation Torch, Overlord or battle of Ushant.
Word about radars of Błyskawica - originally it wasn't equipped with any radars. During war Błyskawica received these radars:
1. type 281 - between December 1940 and February 1941;
2. type 285 and type 291 (instead of type 281) - June 1941;
3. type 293 - February 1945.
If we are talking about skin for Błyskawica, from second half of 1941 it was Admiralty Light Disruptive camouflage, from 1942 Admiralty Dark Disruptive and from May 1944 Admiralty Light Disruptive for JKN destroyers.

Leitender: thanks for your kind words, I wrote this article especially for SH3 players, because there wasn't any infos about this equipment in manual.

[Leitender]

Word about radars of Błyskawica - originally it wasn't equipped with any radars. During war Błyskawica received these radars:

1. type 281 - between December 1940 and February 1941;
2. type 285 and type 291 (instead of type 281) - June 1941;
3. type 293 - February 1945.

Very good. As none of those radars is included in the game, my suggestion for a similar radar equipment in the .sns file is the following:

19401201-19410630: Type 286 (meter wavelength, fits to the used antenna)

19410630-19450201: type 290 (10cm wavelength)

19450201-19451231: type 277 (10cm wavelength with widest range)