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09-22-19, 02:21 AM | #1 |
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Thank you very much
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09-22-19, 06:47 AM | #2 |
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Very nice work!
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09-22-19, 10:52 AM | #3 |
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The original NPKDF has 3 skins: NPKDF_T01.tga NPKDF_T02.tga and NPKDF_T03.tga. When I test him on a solitary mission, he always uses the skin of a hospital ship. I had to add additional T02 and T03 copied from T01 to the mod. So you know.
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09-22-19, 03:13 PM | #4 |
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SUPERBLY DONE!
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09-30-19, 03:37 PM | #5 |
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Thank you everyone!
Best regards, Vd
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09-30-19, 08:05 PM | #6 |
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Well done VonDos
Since we are at it, I think that the Monte class cruise ships wouldn't be out of place in your personal collection of ocean liners / hospital ships / troopships / barrack ships. They all were built to nearly identical specifications by Blohm & Voss, entering service between 1924 and 1931 for the Hamburg Süd line (the same shipping company that operated the Wilhelm Gustloff). I have collected some basic information on these ships from Wikipedia ad a few other sources, in case you are interested into modelling them. CLASS OVERVIEW During the 1920s, Hamburg Süd believed there would be a lucrative business in carrying German immigrants to South America and the first two ships (MV Monte Sarmiento and MV Monte Olivia) were built for that purpose. Passenger accommodation was single-class, with space for about 1,150 in cabins and 1,350 in dormitories. In the event, the immigrant trade never materialized and the two ships were repurposed as cruise ships, operating in Northern European waters, the Mediterranean and around South America. This proved to be a great success. Until then, cruise holidays had been the preserve of the rich. But by providing modestly priced cruises, Hamburg Süd was able to profitably cater to a large new clientele. Another ship was commissioned to cater for the demand – the MV Monte Cervantes. However, she struck an uncharted rock and sank after only two years in service. Despite this, Hamburg Süd remained confident in the design and quickly ordered two more ships, the MV Monte Pascoal and the MV Monte Rosa. The five Monte-class vessels were diesel-powered motor ships, with four 1,436 nhp four-stroke diesel engines driving two propellers. At the time, the use of diesel engines was highly unusual in ships of this size, which would have been typically steam-powered. The first two to be launched, Monte Sarmiento and Monte Olivia, were in fact the first large diesel-powered passenger ships to see service with a German operator. The use of diesel engines reflected the experience Blohm & Voss had gained by building diesel-powered U-boats during World War I. The ships' top speed was 14 knots (26 km/h) (around half the speed of the large trans-Atlantic ocean liners of the era) but this was considered adequate for both the immigrant and cruise business. SHIPS IN CLASS
Unfortunately I couldn't find any plan of the ships, but if you have Vehicle Simulator (there is a demo version of the program available from its web page), someone released a mod adding Monte liners to VS, so you can take a glance at the liners in game or, if you prefer, you can have a look at their preview page so to get a closer view of some ship details. Alternatively, there is a good model of HMT Windrush (that was the name given to Monte Rosa after she was captured by the British) by nottanum, available for download on 3dWarehouse. Using a free version of Sketchup you can convert the model to the obj format and use it as a template for your own model, or you can enjoy a 3D preview of it directly from your browser. From comparison with pre-war pictures, the ship don't seem to have changed much after she passed of hands Edit: just found a good drawing of Monte Rosa: Last edited by gap; 11-01-19 at 10:05 PM. |
10-01-19, 01:45 PM | #7 |
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To complete the list of Kriegsmarine-requisitioned passenger ships built in the 20's by Blohm + Voss for the Hamburg Süd line, we shouldn't omit the ill famed...
SS Cap Arcona (1927-1945) tonnage: 27,561 grt dimensions: 205.9 x 25.8 x 12.8 m installed power: 8 x steam turbines, 2,959 shp each propulsion: twin screw propellers speed: 20 knots crew complement: 475 passenger capacity: 1,315 (reduced to 850 in 1937) When she entered service, in October 1927, Cap Arcona was the the flagship of Hamburg Süd replacing in that role the older Cap Polonio, and the largest and quickest ship on the South Atlantic route. As a luxury liner, her facilities included a full-size tennis court abaft her third funnel. The ship had modern navigation and communication equipment too. From 1930 she was equipped with submarine signalling and wireless direction finding equipment, and from 1934 she had an echo sounding device and a gyrocompass. During her peacetime career Cap Arcona connected regularly her home port of Hamburg with Madeira, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires, carrying from November 1927 to August 1939 more than 200,000 first and second class passengers in 91 transatlantic trips. She returned to Hamburg for the last time before the war on 25 August 1939. In 1940 the Kriegsmarine requisitioned her, painted her overall grey, and used her in the Baltic Sea as an accommodation ship in Gotenhafen (formerly Gdynia, Poland). On 31 January 1945, the Kriegsmarine reactivated her for Operation Hannibal, where she was used to transport 25,795 German soldiers and civilians from East Prussia to safer areas in western Germany. By now these trips were made very dangerous by mines and Soviet submarines, German losses including the two ships Wilhelm Gustloff and Steuben. On 30 March 1945, Cap Arcona finished her third and last trip between Gdynia and Copenhagen, carrying 9,000 soldiers and refugees. However, her turbines were completely worn out. They could only be partially repaired and her days of long-distance travel were over. She was decommissioned, returned to her owners Hamburg Süd and ordered out of Copenhagen Harbour to Neustadt Bay. In May 1945 the ship was requisitioned again as a prison ship; she was heavily laden with about 5,000 prisoners from Nazi concentration camps, when RAF bombers sank her and her accompanying vessels, Deutschland and Thielbek anchored in the Bay of Lübeck. In the incident more than 7,000 people lost their lives. This was one of the biggest single-incident maritime losses of life in the Second World War, the largest being the sinking of the aforementioned German evacuation liner Wilhelm Gustloff, with 9,400 victims estimated. Shipbucket has ha drawing of Cap Arcona: Wikipedia has fairly detailed (probably original) plans of the ship: Finally, 3DWarehouse has a decent Cap Arcona model by Lucas Gustaffson. Possibly not 100% accurate, but a good starting point anyway and for sure lesser generic than the Big old style 3 funnels ocean liner by UBOAT234, AOTD_MadMax & VonDos |
11-08-19, 06:44 PM | #8 |
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Hi Gap!
Got it, thanks! At moment i'm working on some projects, btw this material is interesting for me (i love Cap Arcona's design, despite her sad end). Maybe in future... Best regards, Vondos
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