Aop Aur wrote:
@leeyou31, your KGV project looks great! I agree with David that you could put a twin mount for the superfiring. It is certainly up to you anyway, as the single mount makes for an interesting feature too. For the 3D print parts, you could try uploading your 3D designs on
Shapeways, as they make very high quality printing, plus great services and convenient website. It should save much more time besides being able to ship to most countries as well.
We did not halt work on the 1/350 Lion, but currently we want to focus more on the 1/700 version, as we made a deal with Richard Harden of Toms Modelworks to create a resin kit to be sold under his brand. The hull master is scratchbuilt as in the photos, and the rest will be 3D printed. Then everything will be cast in resin. Richard would be helping with the PE design, so this would be pretty much a complete kit. It is such a great opportunity for us that we would have the chance to do scratch-building, 3D designing and learn the process of creating a kit. We wouldn't say this is going to be finished soon, but we are trying to work on it, even though free time is becoming more and more difficult to find.
Cheers,
Aop & Aur
Hey Aop Aur. Thanks for your compliment.
I still think if i go 7 rounds of 16 inch gun or 8 rounds of 16inch gun.
According to KGV class battleship wikipedia "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Geor ... ship_(1939) "
It says " the new class would be built up to the Treaty maximum displacement of
35,000 tons. Alternatives with 16-inch, 15-inch and 14-inch main guns were considered and the 15-inch armament was chosen."
I was thinking "What would happen if 16inch guns were chosen with Treaty Maximum displacement of 35,000 tons? and how many guns KGV class can carry
with that restriction? " That's how i started my 3D design.
At the same time, I read Lion Class BB wikipeida.
From link "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-class_battleship "
It says " The 1938 version of the Lion class had an overall length of 785 feet (239.3 m), a beam of 105 feet (32.0 m),[5] and a maximum draught of 33 feet 6 inches (10.2 m).[6] They displaced
40,550 long tons (41,200 t) at standard load and 46,400 long tons (47,100 t) at deep load.[5]"
Since it's about 5000 ton different,
Having 8 guns of 16inch gun will be too heavy for KGV with treaty's max displacement limit.
That's how i come up with my idea and time to time, i will try to calculate more details. Maybe 5000 ton difference can be done by engine weights, Armor belt weights and etcs.
BTW. My company is dragging me into :censored_2: works... I wish i had some time to work on the model.
Feel like i am getting shingles again due to too much stresses and works.
and please show us your progress when you work on the ship.