by Aidan » Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:43 pm
Bingo, Timmy wins the cuddly toy. Personally I think Nelson looks much better like this, a far more balanced and purposefull appearance, based on if there was no "Washinton Agreement". She would have far more powerfull engines and quad screws, hence the twin stacks, and, just to stick two fingers up at the absolute genious in the Naval Design Office who decided that RN Capital ships didn't need X or Y turrets because he came to the outstanding conclusion that no RN Capital ship would be running away from an opponent, I've put her back to a more conventional turret layout. They origionally put all the turrets forward "to save weight", the reality is that the lenght of armour belt required to protect the "should have been" version compared to the built version is not that much greater at all. With this design I estimate she would come out at about 42,500/45,000 tons and about 28 knots. I'm going to dig out a couple of my Airfix Nelson kits and see if I can build a model version of this, I might loose the main derrick, add a couple of "KGV" style crane's, and graft in a "Suffolk" style aircraft hanger around the main mast. I'm also going to add an extra secondary turret to each side ( I couldn't get it to work right on the computer image) and reposition them in a similar manner to the KGV layout, plus increase the AA fit to 4 octaple Pom Pom units, could be interesting I think.
Bingo, Timmy wins the cuddly toy. Personally I think Nelson looks much better like this, a far more balanced and purposefull appearance, based on if there was no "Washinton Agreement". She would have far more powerfull engines and quad screws, hence the twin stacks, and, just to stick two fingers up at the absolute genious in the Naval Design Office who decided that RN Capital ships didn't need X or Y turrets because he came to the outstanding conclusion that no RN Capital ship would be running away from an opponent, I've put her back to a more conventional turret layout. They origionally put all the turrets forward "to save weight", the reality is that the lenght of armour belt required to protect the "should have been" version compared to the built version is not that much greater at all. With this design I estimate she would come out at about 42,500/45,000 tons and about 28 knots. I'm going to dig out a couple of my Airfix Nelson kits and see if I can build a model version of this, I might loose the main derrick, add a couple of "KGV" style crane's, and graft in a "Suffolk" style aircraft hanger around the main mast. I'm also going to add an extra secondary turret to each side ( I couldn't get it to work right on the computer image) and reposition them in a similar manner to the KGV layout, plus increase the AA fit to 4 octaple Pom Pom units, could be interesting I think.