There is a debate about the Sea Dart/ Ikara dual-purpose launcher over at Secretproject.com in relation to the 1962 Escort Cruiser design. It seems any work done was dropped early on in the design processes for the Sea Dart armed ships in favour of specialised seperate launchers. Personally I can't ...
BH, you must do it!!
I know CanisD did an Admiral Class based carrier on his never-were website and I've had much the same thoughts lately like rifleman.
A truely masterful peice of work. I thought the Soviet Master had been quiet for too long... he must have been working in the shipyard for months to acheive all these great works!
Looks good but my only concern is that the nose is too long, for a carrier-based plane that long nose is going to give the pilot problems on landing. There might be scope to move the engine a little further back.
Thanks for all the kind words. Thanks to Roger over at Warship Discussion Board 3.0 for pointing out a few errors and generally offering sound thoughts/ advice. I have edited my post on page two. I've removed the hull torpedo tubes which would have been removed, which I was unaware of. Since there i...