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erik_t
Post subject: Re: Nihon Kaigun 1946Posted: May 1st, 2014, 4:05 pm
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I would definitely do away with the super-duper-firing main turrets (and super-duper-duper secondaries!).

You're likely to really not want to fire ahead and astern when you can avoid it, not with a main caliber so hilariously oversized, so the loss in theoretical low-angle head-on fire is not likely to be critical compared to the stability and workability gains from lowering B and C turrets.

(Or, for that matter, doing the sensible thing and building 3x nine-gun ships rather than 2x 15-gun).
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Post subject: Re: Nihon Kaigun 1946Posted: May 2nd, 2014, 6:50 am
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apdsmith wrote:
Hi colombamike,

I'd thought that in this AU, America and Japan were at peace by that point (unless I'm getting my AUs mixed somewhere, I'd thought that in nihon kaigun, the war was over in '46). Could be I've misread somewhere in the 40-odd pages of stuff, but my understanding of this AU is that it'd be quite out of character for the US forces to turn on the Japanese forces by that point?

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Colombamike
Post subject: Re: Nihon Kaigun 1946Posted: May 2nd, 2014, 8:15 am
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klagldsf wrote:
Don't mind him, obviously the amount of attention he's paid to this thread prior to this point is exactly equal to zero.
Wrong,
I "occasionally" follow this thread...
Some designs look very realistic, others are totally exaggerated
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Post subject: Re: Nihon Kaigun 1946Posted: May 2nd, 2014, 10:55 am
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Hi Colombamike,

That's a fair point, but of the two points you've made - first: % of Japan's military budget: I have no idea what it is, but I can imagine a scenario in which the US undertakes a Marshall plan for Asia (even if this would seem an unwise expenditure of that money); second: US dropping a nuke on an allied partner - do not match your usually well-researched (if not always tactfully-delivered ;)) critiques of other ships that I have seen.

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Post subject: Re: Nihon Kaigun 1946Posted: May 2nd, 2014, 4:53 pm
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Colombamike wrote:
Wrong,
I "occasionally" follow this thread...
That's not what current evidence is suggesting.
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Post subject: Re: Nihon Kaigun 1946Posted: May 2nd, 2014, 11:43 pm
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erik_t wrote:
...super-duper-firing main turrets (and super-duper-duper secondaries...
Also, somebody please tell me that this is the official shipbucket term for such turrets :lol:

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Post subject: Re: Nihon Kaigun 1946Posted: May 2nd, 2014, 11:58 pm
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apdsmith wrote:
erik_t wrote:
...super-duper-firing main turrets (and super-duper-duper secondaries...
Also, somebody please tell me that this is the official shipbucket term for such turrets :lol:
I did once draw an BB with 4 super firing turret in front!
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Post subject: Re: Nihon Kaigun 1946Posted: May 3rd, 2014, 12:12 am
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heuhen wrote:
apdsmith wrote:
erik_t wrote:
...super-duper-firing main turrets (and super-duper-duper secondaries...
Also, somebody please tell me that this is the official shipbucket term for such turrets :lol:
I did once draw an BB with 4 super firing turret in front!
That's what I usually call a... Super-duper-puper-quper firing turret... I think. ;)
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Post subject: Re: Nihon Kaigun 1946Posted: May 11th, 2014, 1:31 am
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I've always been amazed at the bewildering complexity of Japanese superstructures. I don't think I could ever do them justice if I attempted to draw them.

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Post subject: Re: Nihon Kaigun 1946Posted: May 11th, 2014, 1:13 pm
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I've always been amazed at the bewildering complexity of Japanese superstructures. I don't think I could ever do them justice if I attempted to draw them.
You're doing amazing work with the Texas AU. As someone from there, I feel as though I'm biased when I say I sorta-kinda wish the AU was reality. :mrgreen:

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