[WIP] A new great battleship!

[nikbear]

Fantastic looking,always love the red&white stripping on the bow deck,trust the Italians to have a bit of style with there ships

[mr chris]

Duliio tale of the tape.

Displacement: As built:

22,956 tons normal
24,729 tons full load
As modernized:
26,434 tons normal
29,391 tons full load Length:

168.96 m (554.3 ft) Beam:

28.03 m (92.0 ft) Draft:

8.58 m (28.1 ft) Propulsion:

As built:

Steam turbine system
20 boilers
4 shafts
30,000 shp


As modernized:

Steam turbine system
8 Yarrow type boilers
2 shafts
75,000 shp Speed:
As built: 21 knots (39 km/h)

As modernized: 27 knots (50 km/h) Complement:
As built: 1,233

As modernized: 1,485 Armament:
As built:

13 × 305 mm (12 in) guns (Three triple and two double turrets)
16 × 152 mm (6 in) guns
13 × 76 mm (3 in) guns
6 × 76 mm anti-aircraft guns
3 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes

As modernized:

10 × 320 mm (12.6 in) guns (Two triple and two double turrets)
12 × 135 mm (5.3 in) guns (Four triple turrets)
13 × 76 mm guns
10 × 90 mm (3.5 in) anti-aircraft guns
15 × 37 mm anti-aircraft guns
16 × 20 mm anti-aircraft guns Armor:
Belt: 100 mm
Turrets: 275 mm
Decks: 250 mm

Shouldn't the guns look like this?

[VonDos]

Something like this ^_^

You know, Duilio and Cavour class had 320guns instead 381 of littorio class, btw design is similar!

(What a nice model in your image! °_°)

That's the image I'm useing to finish the Italian triples.

Check out the model here.
http://www.military-meshes.com/forum...hread.php?t=87

The Doubles are nearly done.

I started the Italian Guns just after the Averof Guns were released.

[VonDos]

I didn't know this, but i've started an italian battleship...
Ok, i'm from Italy, but this "randomness" is interesting :hmm:

The Guy did a fantastic job!
For more images of his work.
http://www.serafimov.com/public/phpB...wtopic.php?t=5

[richardphat]

OMG i cant believe it another BB for SH3.............. fast fast on the download list! And this

[AG124]

Great Work VonDos! Glad to see you're still turning these high quality ships out, and en masse too. I agree that both the Cavour and Doria class BBs are so similar, once you have completed one, the other shouldn't be too hard to kitbash - two birds with one stone so to speak.:hmm:

Also, do you have plans to work on a UK carrier or a French cruiser anytime soon?:hmm:

I think this will work for the triples as a start.

[VonDos]

Update image down here!

[piri_reis]

Those Italians, even make their battleships artistic.

[Buhring]

Originally Posted by VonDos

Wow! I hoped soooo much for these ships to be modeled in SH3. Thanks.

At a first glance, I would suggest four small adjustments:
1. The forecastle on the Duilio's and Cesare's is shorter than on the Littorio's: it should end just aft of the 90mm guns and not at the C turret;
2. As far as I remember, there were no visible anti-torpedo bulges ("controcarene" in Italian) on the Duilio's and the Cesare's; I will check this one out, anyway [EDIT: I checked that: in fact the Duilio's relied only on internal anti-torpedo protection (the so called "Cilindri Pugliese"); no external bulges];
3. The ships were somewhat lower on the water (IMO also the SH3 rendering of the Roma is a bit too high on the water);
4. The grey the Regia Marina used before the war (i. e. before camouflage of the ships) is lighter and a little bit more blue-ish (San Giorgio looks much better to me).

As for the turrets, the twin mount looks quite good to me; the triple turret instead is decidedly too big and "square". I wonder if the best solution wouldn't be to modify the twin turret in order to fit in a third barrel.

"Keep up the good job, kaleun!"

Buhring

[Buhring]

One more note: the platforms of the turrets should be smaller, in order not to be wider than the turrets themselves.

Cheers

Buhring

[sabretwo]

Von Dos,

You are the man! I needed an Andrea Doria class battleship bad and Cavour class! Right now there's no IT BBs or Heavy Cruisers in that weight class.



(I am right now in the middle of scripting the First Battle of Sirte. I'll put them both to immediate use when you're done with them.)