Moderator: Community Manager
[Post Reply] [*]  Page 1 of 3  [ 27 posts ]  Go to page 1 2 3 »
Author Message
ALVAMA
Post subject: SS Normandie's proposed lifePosted: April 28th, 2012, 9:46 pm
Based at news papers:
[ img ]
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/ ... 4xzczs.png


Last edited by ALVAMA on April 30th, 2012, 9:14 am, edited 2 times in total.

Top
[Quote]
acelanceloet
Post subject: Re: SS Normandie's proposed lifePosted: April 28th, 2012, 9:51 pm
Offline
User avatar
Posts: 7497
Joined: July 28th, 2010, 12:25 pm
Location: the netherlands
very nice alex! only wondering why they left the stern empty and covered the bow, and of course doubtful about some of the mods, especially those sponsoned guns close to where the bridge was, that would require some serious structural strengthening!

_________________
Drawings are credited with J.Scholtens
I ask of you to prove me wrong. Not say I am wrong, but prove it, because then I will have learned something new.
Shipbucket Wiki admin


Top
[Profile] [Quote]
TimothyC
Post subject: Re: SS Normandie's proposed lifePosted: April 28th, 2012, 9:59 pm
Offline
User avatar
Posts: 3765
Joined: July 27th, 2010, 3:06 am
Contact: Website
What Ace said, and I don't think she'd get armor on her sides.

_________________
𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐍𝐄𝐓- 𝑻𝒐 𝑪𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆


Top
[Profile] [Quote]
heuhen
Post subject: Re: SS Normandie's proposed lifePosted: April 28th, 2012, 10:00 pm
Offline
User avatar
Posts: 9060
Joined: December 15th, 2010, 10:13 pm
Location: Behind you, looking at you with my mustache!
I am just thinking about the stability of that ship.


BTW very good work. Mr. god!


Top
[Profile] [Quote]
klagldsf
Post subject: Re: SS Normandie's proposed lifePosted: April 29th, 2012, 4:49 am
Offline
User avatar
Posts: 2765
Joined: July 28th, 2010, 4:14 pm
Agreed with all the points. That said, I'm kinda surprised they didn't at least try to convert the burned-out hulk into a carrier.


Top
[Profile] [Quote]
bezobrazov
Post subject: Re: SS Normandie's proposed lifePosted: April 29th, 2012, 5:34 am
Offline
User avatar
Posts: 3406
Joined: July 29th, 2010, 2:20 pm
Huh? Why spend the time and effort doing that? Though the incompetence of the navy destroyed the Normandie, they were wise not to waste any further efforts on the charred hulk. They already had the Essex program going strongly, together with the CVLs, so there wasn't any need for something, which at best, like Alvama's drawing makes clear would have been nothing but a secondary vessel at best!
Sometimes you guys just don't consider such things as practicality and economy. Even a soaring United States had, in the end, limited resources.

_________________
My Avatar:Петр Алексеевич Безобразов (Petr Alekseevich Bezobrazov), Вице-адмирал , царская ВМФ России(1845-1906) - I sign my drawings as Ari Saarinen


Top
[Profile] [Quote]
gordo8000
Post subject: Re: SS Normandie's proposed lifePosted: April 29th, 2012, 6:23 am
Offline
User avatar
Posts: 511
Joined: July 1st, 2011, 2:18 am
Location: Chillin with my wolf pack in Siberia.
bezobrazov wrote:
Huh? Why spend the time and effort doing that? Though the incompetence of the navy destroyed the Normandie, they were wise not to waste any further efforts on the charred hulk. They already had the Essex program going strongly, together with the CVLs, so there wasn't any need for something, which at best, like Alvama's drawing makes clear would have been nothing but a secondary vessel at best!
Sometimes you guys just don't consider such things as practicality and economy. Even a soaring United States had, in the end, limited resources.
That answers my question of "Why bother?". Still, excellent drawing.

_________________
Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. - Albert Einstein
The only stupid questions are the ones that go unasked.
Korean AU


Top
[Profile] [Quote]
Gollevainen
Post subject: Re: SS Normandie's proposed lifePosted: April 29th, 2012, 8:30 am
Offline
User avatar
Posts: 4686
Joined: July 27th, 2010, 5:10 am
Location: Finland
Contact: Website
Nice to see you back on the track with SB.

_________________
Shipbucket mainsite, aka "The Archive"
New AU project "Aravala"


Top
[Profile] [Quote]
ALVAMA
Post subject: Re: SS Normandie's proposed lifePosted: April 29th, 2012, 9:12 am
I modified the drawing, and removed armour. I agree on all points, but you know I cannot thoutch that, ot I have to make a AU version. I have drawn it close to the AI render, details may be my own way at some point (looking at real ships, like Bezo said Essex classes) but deck, guns etc are not mine idea. :)


Top
[Quote]
Hood
Post subject: Re: SS Normandie's proposed lifePosted: April 29th, 2012, 10:58 am
Offline
Posts: 7164
Joined: July 31st, 2010, 10:07 am
A mamoth project Alex. Well drawn, we all know those newspaper artists of that era had some wacky ideas. The Hybrid Warships book features several of them, those guys must gotten too carried away!

_________________
Hood's Worklist
English Electric Canberra FD
Interwar RN Capital Ships
Super-Darings
Never-Were British Aircraft


Top
[Profile] [Quote]
Display: Sort by: Direction:
[Post Reply]  Page 1 of 3  [ 27 posts ]  Return to “Never-Built Designs” | Go to page 1 2 3 »

Jump to: 

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 18 guests


The team | Delete all board cookies | All times are UTC


cron
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Limited
[ GZIP: Off ]