DDH-280 HMCS Iroquois TRUMP wip

[lazarus]

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Closer and closer. Not too bad looking, if I may say so. Certainly better than the $200 abort!*% on turbosquid. I'll be doing the 'Bunny eared' pre TRUMP too. Good learning process, 'cause I want to get going on Bonaventure!
Aaannd. I had to run a quick export to see if ant glitches crop up-the LST was kicking the $#!^ out of me with 'unresolved vertice' errors- despite pending over backwards to keep the triangle and poly count low low low. 1.4 Mb- 8252 triangles/11286 vertice count. Whew. It'll go up a bit with 'poons and odds and ends, but so far so good. After I get back from walking the Hounds I'll convert the textures and post the WIP as a beta for the sea going cheese heads to play with as a place holder.
Latter!

04:11- Its latter than I thought, but #2 son blew in from outer Canada at 1AM, got the wakeupitis so fiddled with Iroquois a bit more, got it in sim, and; ya know, it looks pretty decent for a wip.
Have some fun, my seacheesehead brethren. Oh yah, the wake needs moving back in the sim config. try this ------ SternPosition =75

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[lazarus]

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Not too bad at all!

[cortomalteseit]

Looks very nice! Good job, Lazarus!

[Shane Strong CYHZ]

looks great cant wait to see it in halifax harbour

[fallenphoenix1986]

You're doing the Bonnie?
Saves me the trouble, Melbourne is causing hair loss just now lol

Craig

[delta_lima]

Hello Laz, Looking great!

I recall being on crypto-sec course back in the 90s in Esquimalt, and seeing a Tribal class (can't recall which) in dock. Though in civies (but having my DND ID), I talked the duty officer into giving me a tour. Near the end, he introduced me to the skipper, who happened to just come aboard to check on some minor issue. Having been introduced just by my rank and as "just visiting from out of province" - the CO seemed to assume I was also Navy. When he asked me what my last cruise was, and I replied that the 20 min I had just spent on his boat was all the time I had ever spent aboard an operational naval vessel - because I was in fact an army officer - he summarily ordered the nearest petty officer to escort me off. Halfway down the gangway, he called back - said it was just a joke - and he, all the crew that happened to be either within earshot aboard or on the dock (at least a dozen or so) and (eventually) I, all had a good laugh.

Rumours of a Bonaventure ... yikes ... dare I hope?

DL

[lazarus]

Haw. Ran into the only officer in the CF with a sense of humor!

edit: version 2.5 with Bunny Ears!
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lots of changes...coming along well.
HMCS Iroquois and Algonquin TRUMP, Huron and Athabascan 'Bunny ear' ASW Tribals

That's all 4 ships

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I just laid down some preliminary licks on Bonaventure this morning. Loaded templates, made the flight deck and bare hull, started working on shaping the hurricane bow .
Keep going on Melbourne! That way I can look into a modernised C class DD and a Mackenzie. And a Bunny ear ASW 280!Latter!

[lazarus]

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Last bets, V3. The general release will be in the upload queue tonight.
Revised Sea Sparrow deck house, VLS, LIMBO, removed drawing 'jigs'... lots of stuff.
Its in the redme. YOU WILL HAVE TO UPDATE YOUR AICARRIERS CONFIG. The names changed to keep things straight.
I've spotted a few little things to dial in, and the last changes made to the DDH-280's mast. Not bad for a 5 day shake 'n bake project

[Ian Warren]

Impressed to see the LIMBO mortar still getting used ? .. <input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><input jscode="leoInternalChangeDone()" onclick="if(typeof(jsCall)=='function'){jsCall();} else{setTimeout('jsCall()',500);}" id="jsProxy" type="hidden">

[lazarus]

LIMBO stayed aboard until the Tribal Update Modification Program in the late `80`s early `90`s. Want a good laugh. It took 3 years to build a Tribal from the keel up, and 3 years per ship to perform the TRUMP mods. The total cost of the 4 ship program was 242 million. DND has been chasing its tail on a DDH-DDG-280 replacement since the mid `80`s, spending just under a billion dollars on studies, project definitions, studies, RFP`s, studies. And has, for that money, not procured as much as a nut or bolt.
The DND has, however, kept Office Depot very happy...

[lazarus]

Uploaded to the library here, and at Simviation, 3 major configurations- DDH-280's, Operation FRICTION HMCS Athabascan, and TRUMP DDG-280's.
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[fallenphoenix1986]

Almost grabbed the Virtavia Sea King during their recent sale... kinda wish I had now

Craig