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 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: Merchant Ships

 Post subject: Re: Merchant Ships Posted: June 21st, 2017, 5:30 pm 

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Outstanding

 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: French pre-dreadnought battleships: reboot

 Post subject: Re: French pre-dreadnought battleships: reboot Posted: June 16th, 2017, 11:33 pm 

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Splendid!!!

 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: Huáscar revisited

 Post subject: Re: Huáscar revisited Posted: June 16th, 2017, 6:47 am 

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Added two tentative versions for the 1880 - 1884 period.

One keeping pretty much the old grey colour and the original 10in artillery:
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The other with the dark/white/red scheme used normally by the Chilean navy and new 8in artillery:
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 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: Huáscar revisited

 Post subject: Re: Huáscar revisited Posted: June 14th, 2017, 5:04 am 

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Ok, here's what I could get you. Dating feels a bit sketchy to me so use your best judgement. Most interesting pictures. Thanks! From what I see, it is clear that after its capture by the Chilean Navy, the Huascar had at least two paintwork styles: -Grey, similar or the same to the one with the Per...

 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: Huáscar revisited

 Post subject: Re: Huáscar revisited Posted: June 14th, 2017, 4:36 am 

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Very interesting pics! So, probably during the Civil War, Huascar was painted in the victorian fashion, very similar to the actual museum ship, but with the gaff (palo de la cangreja) much longer. One question about the 10 inch guns. I knew that during the war, Chilean Navy bought several BL 10 inc...

 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: Peruvian casemate ironclad Loa

 Post subject: Re: Peruvian casemate ironclad Loa Posted: June 12th, 2017, 4:11 am 

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Very nice!

 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: Huáscar revisited

 Post subject: Re: Huáscar revisited Posted: June 12th, 2017, 4:08 am 

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Hi Chocolate Bunny: One further comment. I think that in chilean service, the deck guns were also changed, from 40 RML pounders to BL guns. But I really don´t know the model, if a 5 inch (50 pounder), 4.7 inch (45 pounder) or 4 inch (25 pounder). In an old picture I saw the deck gun in a pivot (vav...

 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: Huáscar revisited

 Post subject: Re: Huáscar revisited Posted: June 12th, 2017, 1:03 am 

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Hey Chocolate Bunny, fortunately I can help you with this. I've got three pictures on a book that show Huáscar during the time period you're interested. The first one is dated during the latter part of the War of the Pacific or during the immediate postwar. She's shown in grey livery, with her fore...

 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: Huáscar revisited

 Post subject: Re: Huáscar revisited Posted: June 12th, 2017, 12:59 am 

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With the suggestions from reytuerto and further research the following changes has been made to the 1897-2017 version: -Guns changed from 10in to longer 8in version -Mast mounted machine gun is now a Nordenfelt -A small crane added to the forecastle deck -Modified mount for the secundary guns (betwe...

 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: Huáscar revisited

 Post subject: Re: Huáscar revisited Posted: June 11th, 2017, 10:40 pm 

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Well, the series is now almost complete! well done, Chocolate Bunny! Only a pair of comments. I think that the BL 8 inch gun is longer than the original RML 300 pounder, and the mast mounted mg looks somewhat oversized. Cheers! PS: "Almost": I would be very pleased if I can see the legendary turret...
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