 | | Re: Be vewwwy, vewwy quiet...I'm hunting Richard's CVE —Bruce Schlickbernd
| | | | I forgot to ask for some information on the ship....what is it? The bow has abandoned the reverse sloping bow of WWI era ships, but it still has a has a rear-facing forward turret, which seemed to dissappear on ship design by the start of WWII. So, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Be vewwwy, vewwy quiet...I'm hunting Richard's CVE —Lindsay Frederick Braun
| | | | | (...) Excellent powers of deduction, Bruce! :D It is indeed a heavy cruiser, of the post-Treaty sort (built 1927-1932). It's meant to represent the heavy cruiser Takao (but could also pass for the Atago), normal displacement ~13,000 tons, length at (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Info on IJN Takao (was Re: Be vewwwy, vewwy quiet...I'm hunting Richard's CVE) —Bob Parker
| | | | | (...) Here's some interesting info & 1 photo of the real Takao: (URL) Bob (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Info on IJN Takao (was Re: Be vewwwy, vewwy quiet...I'm hunting Richard's CVE) —Klaas H. Meijaard
| | | | | Thanks for this link! But I like Lindsay's ship more, because it's made out of our favorite Bricks! :-) And.. after a big 'mining'-attack she certainly will build an new model from the scrap! I hardly can't wait for that to happen -the building job (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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