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Getting the Layout "right" (Patreon)

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2019-01-01 05:51:13
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Working for some time now (actually started the basic layout in the Hotel near the Panzermuseum in early December 2018) on getting the Layout & Data right for an upcoming video on WW2 ship classes.
The issue is, what armor values to (not) include? And also where & how to put the data. Just numbers or/and "visualized"? Also on the model or just in the general overview. The idea with the model just came up, so now, I am thinking maybe put more value there, but is sould also work with Destroyers or Carriers... (one of the reasons why I use the Yamato for the base layout is, since the maximum values basically determine if a design is viable or not in terms of space needed).

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Jasper Welsch

Dude, it can get COMPLICATED really quick. It matters if the armor is sloped (like a tank), the quality of the steel (like a tank), and it matters whether the enemy has high velocity guns or not. I think that your slides can easily get far too busy to be useful. As a general rule, most armor schemes were designed to stop the ship's own guns, so you really don't need to get into armor at all. You can just describe the guns and that will cover the armor. Confirm with Justin.

Military History Visualized
>>18495485

well, in that case it is just a basic overview of each ship class, so all that data is not an issue there. thanks, I will forward your remark to Justin (he already received 2 mails prior to me posting this one here ;) thank you for the suggestion!

Michael Poteat

Plunging fire was what was most feared in a surface engagement. (Garzke, Dulin, and Webb in Battleships: Allied Battleships in World War II give a very good description of the difficulties in determining Armor protection (pages 13 through 25). One thing you will find if you do much reading is that the Iowa class was considered to be superior to the Yamato class by many U.S. sailors. I have read articles about this and was on board the Wisconsin last year where I found this to be the sentiment shared by the volunteers conducting tours. Do you have Conway's "Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946"? Norman Friedman has written a number of books on battleships. I have his submarine development books and a few other things but don't have a lot about BBs. However, I have to point out that all of the information about naval vessels of WW2 is available on WIKI. I still want my reference books but there is already a lot of information readily available.

Military History Visualized
>>18514621

yeah, I use Conway's book for most of the ships here. Unless, I have a better source, e.g., Anatomy of a Ship. I usually use wikipedia only for cross-checking or when a huge of amount of data is involved, this is due to many people really disliking wikipedia as a source. I wouldn't be surprised that the Iowa was better than the Yamato, just looking at the US industrial base etc. I use the Yamato here as an extreme, also I have a nice model already drawn and of course since I have four US ships already in for other classes. For this, I drew the Fletcher, Buckley and Casablanca Classes.