Hi,

Thanks guys, glad you like them. In case some of you have wondered here is a little info on each ship:

The Royal Navy ship is based on a VT proposal of a Aster 15 armed stretched Duke class (dubbed Super Duke). The Norwegian design is based on the APAR equipped Meko A200 that Blohm & Voss offered in the Nansen contender against Bazan´s F85 design. The Italian is a stealthyfied Luigi de la Penne class. The Canadian design is actually based on a proposed stretched and mk-41 vls equipped batch II Halifax class. Finally the Spanish ship is based on an official drawing that was made before Spain opted against the APAR an in favor of the Aegis system.

Any comments on the scenario as well?

“have you ever drawn the NFR 90?”

Sure but it doesn´t look all that good:

Regards.

Thanks Stonewell, glad you like them.

Here is something more to take a look at:

http://p216.ezboard.com/fwarships1discussionboardsfrm4.showMessage?topicID=1405.topic

Regards.

The correct version of the Portuguese Meko’s is should include the 100mm Gun of the second link on first link:

The first link show a Portuguese Meko with 127mm gun, which is incorrect.
Our Meko’s have 100mm french type main gun instead.

The second drawing has the correct 100mm french type main gun, but both masts are incorrect.

I know that it has the 100mm gun. That´s why I wrote that those extra pictures were done for a fictional universe:-)))

If you brows carefully you´ll find this version as well:

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k279/shipbucket/PorFFMeko200PN_V.gif

Have fun.

Regards.

You are welcome Alepou 340MB.

Hey Unicorn, you don´t happen to have some close up pics (high-rez) of the Perth class, do you?

Regards.

Hi,

here we go again:

The Taiwanese Chi Yang class as recently modified. I don´t know wether all eight unites have already been or will be equipped that way but 933 and 935 have been upgraded for sure. They got the radars (DA-08, STIR and LIOD) and the box launched SM-1 from the now decommissioned Wu Chin III Gearings. A large deck house was also added aft of the bridge (some new CIC?!) Note also that in contrast to the USN versions above the ship depicted here has the longer spray strakes (some unites got those, most didn´t) and the grey macks (like in the late USN service).

One might call it the ultimate Knox at least in Weapons.

For some guys over at warships1.com I made some other version to which they had personal recollections. If you want to take a look:

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k279/shipbucket/USAFF-1052Knox1a.gif
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k279/shipbucket/USAFF-1052Knox1b.gif

Basically those are mixed versions of the above depicting various equipment stages.

Next up will be the Spanish Baleares class the only true export version of the Knox design.

Regards.

Hi again,

“but never the less here’s my first and crude attempt. Its a some sort of “what-if” strenghtening of 051C Luhai class based on the idea that “what if china would been major shipdevelopter troughout the coldwar?” I’ve made some even cruder predesings of other ships and posted them in SDF…”

Not that crude I have to say. I like it. If you private message me your email I´ll send you some comments about what I´d alter. If your are interested that is.

“Or was that going to be #4 in the series.”

Indeed it will be:-)

Regards.

Hi guys,

thanks for the nice words. I am glad that someone likes to look at them the way I used to when I discovered MihoshiK´s drawings.

Here is the second round: The Knox class as it was most often seen (I guess), with the raised bow, the strengthened hull, different mast, new EW gear, upgraded gun fire control radar, enlarged hangar and landing deck for the LAMPS I SH-2 Sea Sprite helicopter, Phalanx CIWS and enclosed VDS bay.

Next up will be the RoC Navy version which was upgraded recently with the Gearings Wu Chin III (?) systems.

As for how to draw: I usually start with an existing linedrawing from the usual suspects (Jane´s, Combat Fleets or Weyers). Those will normally do but they are not really that good. If you have some more technical drawings or some nice CGI (common for newer designs) those are even better. If non of the above is available a decent sized side view photo will do as well (however I have never seen a true side view photo so you´ll always have some perspective problems). I resize the linedrawing to our scale of 2 pixels/feet and than superimpose a new layer. On that I start drawing the outlines, decks, and all other lines but no color (so that you can still see the linedrawing below). After that I had another layer and start adding equipment (weapons, radar, etc. like a shipyard:-). Some of those have been drawn before and can be copy/pasted into the picture.
After that I add still another layer and add railings, ladders, shadows and lines representing pipes or similar details. After I am finished with all details I start coloring the different layers. All you have to do at the end is to combine the layers and voilà. As stated above the linedarwing is a good start for the general layout and the place of the systems. However they are wrong more often than they are right in all other details. Only high res close up pictures will help there and coming by those is the real problem.

As for tips, all I can say is to pass the tips of my master (MihoshiK:-)) along to you:
– TIME: take a lot of time.
– look everywhere for any details
– be aware of the colors ( so that black lines really are black, etc). As recent events showed that might sometimes lead to a new monitor:-)
– oh and did I mention time!

btw, just in case someone hadn´t noticed, that is what shiplover is talking about:

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k279/shipbucket/Ship%20Charts/LeanderBatch140mmVersion.gif
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k279/shipbucket/Ship%20Charts/LeanderIndianversion.gif
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k279/shipbucket/Ship%20Charts/LeanderSeacatversion.gif
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k279/shipbucket/Ship%20Charts/Leander_vanSpeijk.gif

Great collection mate, keep them coming:-)

Regards.