Note: This creation did not get a teaser, as it would’ve been slightly inappropriate for one important reason, read the description.

Hello everyone! Sorry for not posting in a while, slightly lost motivation for a bit. Anyway it’s a little bitter sweet, cause on the one hand, I give to you something new! But on the other hand, I am the bearer of bad news today. Well, here we go:

On December 23rd, 2020, my grandfather of 80 years passed away in his sleep. He was in hospice, where they set up a professional hospital bed in your own home, so that he could be with his wife when he passed. It’s what he wanted, and it’s all my grandmother could’ve wanted. This was, and always will be a very unfortunate moment in my family’s lives, he and my grandmother were the perfect example of what a marriage should be. They were loyal to each other, they rarely ever had any problems, they both had equal amounts of work in the house, and they never leeched off of each other. You may be wondering why I bring this up, so I shall say; My grandfather served in the Navy during WWII, he was a member of the USS Randolph’s crew. To commemorate his service, for putting his life in danger for the sake of the US, I made a replica of the aircraft carrier that he served on, the Randolph. Yeah I know, not really the best way to commemorate someone’s death, but at the time that I started building this, it felt appropriate, as it was before he passed. Do note, that this replica is not exactly 100% accurate, as there aren’t too many good photos of the USS Randolph, which made it hard to replicate, however I found out that the Randolph was an Essex-Class Aircraft Carrier, so I found blueprints of that type of carrier to base this off of. It’s still not exact, but it’s close enough for my standards. It’s also my first time building an aircraft carrier, so go easy on me lol. The Randolph is surprisingly fast actually, with a top speed of 38mph. It was exactly 888ft in length, and was one of the first aircraft carriers to feature the side platform with the arresting wire installed, for easier landings. The deck looks really bland IMO, there’s not that much to replicate on the deck and it just ended up being flat color, which doesn’t look all that pleasing, but I didn’t really have anything left to add at that point. The USS Randolph could accommodate 90-100 aircrafts, but on my replica here there’s only 12, the aircrafts on this carrier are F6F Hellcats. I actually made it so that they naturally sit on the carrier deck, rather than being physically attached to the deck itself. I did this for added realism, and occasional funny moments when SP physics goes haywire. The arrow things on the bow of the ship are completely unintentional, they are a result of the fuselage blocks’ geometry getting too wide and flat, resulting in the texture getting stretched to the point where it leaves a textureless space. However, for some weird reason this glitch ended up making arrow shapes on the bow, while normally I despise this glitch, I actually found it quite cool looking when it first happened, so I left it there because it looks cool. Obviously that wasn’t a feature on the actual USS Randolph, but then again this replica is far from accurate, so what would it have really mattered in the end?

Anyway, after that long tangent of things that probably only I care about, here’s the controls;
Throttle: Sail forward
Yaw: Turn left/right

Yeah not much in the functionality department, I really couldn’t add too much more due to part count, as the combined part count of the Randolph and the 12 F6F Hellcats is around 1,000, and there wasn’t all that much more that I felt was necessary to add. I recommend spawning it in as an AI, and trying to land on it, it’s indeed possible!

Here’s a screenshot gallery:

Anyway, have fun or something