Farewell, may the solar winds be always on your side (sorry I don‘t even know why or how I came up with that, I guess you being an astro-shipwright have something to do with it).
Goodbye and goodluck. You will be forever remembered as one of the greatest astro-shipwrights this community ever had, so godspeed, may you have a bright new chapter in your life.
Yes, this is the Mark XI. It has quite a few differences from the original. *Jokingly * Something tells me that someone is around as obsessed with the Blackbird airframe as Tony Stark with his exoskeleton suits...
Nice plane as usual, and... is that glowing intake one of the many enhancements compared to its predecessors?
P.S. I know you probably do not have a lore/background for this particular model as of yet (if at all, given you are among those that build airframes for their inherent beauty instead of roleplaying), but... does this airframe run on ion/plasma engines of some sort? I mean that glow looks sci-fi as hell...
I mean, it's not really as if this thing is an ocean-bound vessel, so I think the engines are fine... If anything, why the hell do the flanks of this thing resemble torpedoes?
Last time I checked, destroyers usually don't have secondary guns, and especially secondary guns with fully enclosed turrets... Should this be counted as a light cruiser instead?
@SnoWFLakE0s Smoke effect of larger calibers, on the other hand... I don't quite remember anyone saying that you can only use 70mm guns to make that smoke effect... The "center" (the sphere of fire and smoke) part of the explosion/smoke effect is around the same as a gun of 400mm caliber, although, granted, yup, the smoke effects of that one is defeating the purpose of "potato friendly"...
Just realized... the new tank cannons could replace rockets for this role... And of course, that would also mean automatic grenade launchers and rocket pods would not require 30+ parts just for the ammo.
Potato users of the world, rejoice!
@FranzPeterSiegfried I think it's more dieselpunk than steampunk (streamlined design, no exposed piping, non-brass colors, bulbous fairings everywhere), but anyways, it's a pity that this beautiful airframe did not come with a backstory.
Cool depth charges! I myself have another method to do basically the same thing (around an year old, not uploaded, and won't be uploaded anytime soon), although mine is an amalgamation of parachutes, speed brakes, and springs so that the bomb will detonate when contacting with the surface. I ditched the rockets (for airplanes, at least) for they are a bit... fickle for they will have a fixed time to detonation after they are launched, so depending on the release altitude they may or may not detonate on target (or in the general vicinity of the target). That said, I do have my own fixed-timer ones (note: they are AG ones with secondary detachers to fire and detonate the rockets, made around half an year ago) that are designed to be launched from surface ships and low-flying aircrafts (most likely not helos for the obvious reason of blast radius) to crack open submarines.
@MintLynx Fellow aspie here, the sub is cool as hell, the engine design is also what I'd envision for one (I myself suck at art or aesthetics, but I'm somewhat good at analyzing). Also, am I the only one who thinks that whoever made this really should add control instructions? Ayways, this sub is cool and I wish to see more subs of this kind from you in the future. * sonar ping intensifies *
@RamboJutter Sorry, it's just that the only time I saw something this asymmetrical is the ski speeder - the fact that the cockpit is on one end of the wing and the cannons on the other with the engines in the middle didn't help whatsoever...
@RamboJutter Well, to qualify as a jet you need to have the engine exhaust providing some significant amount of thrust...
Also, given its supposed to be an upgrade to a build of your own, when will we see the "original" F4?
Which F4? The wings and the cockpit belong to an F4U Corsair, but the fuselage seems to belong to a F4F Wildcat... Also, that's no jet engine, its just a turboprop.
@Insmallsky Well, to be exact, I used to play that game, now I lost interest (my reflexes being nigh-nonexistent have something to do with it). That said, I do love the designs of the Tyrant from the game.
So... Basically a stealthy F-14 (or a variable-geometry YF-23)?
Farewell, may the solar winds be always on your side (sorry I don‘t even know why or how I came up with that, I guess you being an astro-shipwright have something to do with it).
+3Goodbye and goodluck. You will be forever remembered as one of the greatest astro-shipwrights this community ever had, so godspeed, may you have a bright new chapter in your life.
@JA311M So... the turret arrangement of the Mogami, superstructure (sans the bridge) of the Oyodo, and the mainmast of the Yamato...
Sooo.... Basically speaking, the Mogami-class with a different rear deck and larger turrets?
*More Dakka! Nevar 'nuff Dakka! Nevar!*
Kako? You're back! Holy sh*t Kako's back!
+1Yes, this is the Mark XI. It has quite a few differences from the original.*Jokingly * Something tells me that someone is around as obsessed with the Blackbird airframe as Tony Stark with his exoskeleton suits...
Nice plane as usual, and... is that glowing intake one of the many enhancements compared to its predecessors?
P.S. I know you probably do not have a lore/background for this particular model as of yet (if at all, given you are among those that build airframes for their inherent beauty instead of roleplaying), but... does this airframe run on ion/plasma engines of some sort? I mean that glow looks sci-fi as hell...
Well, ain't this a nice remake of that old airframe! Good Job!
+1Holy f*, just... how...
I mean, it's not really as if this thing is an ocean-bound vessel, so I think the engines are fine... If anything, why the hell do the flanks of this thing resemble torpedoes?
I guess posting a "fixed" version is all we can do... Also, for a "normal" car control, it's mostly pitch for gas and roll for turn.
+1@ElevatorEnthusiast488 Last time I checked, braille and computer screen doesn't mix well...
+2Nice work, but... I assume that
+1zeroOnDeactivate ="true" would help with AG7?Damn she's a beaut!
May the force be with you...
Last time I checked, destroyers usually don't have secondary guns, and especially secondary guns with fully enclosed turrets... Should this be counted as a light cruiser instead?
Hi Spef! Good to see ya again!
+1Damn, she wouldn't look out of place as a starfighter! Great build.
+1@Mustang51 Seems to be windows/slits for turret crew to see out of.
+1Don't let this cruiser's relaxed, swept-back profile fool you.Yup, only if this thing is not literally covered in guns and missiles.
@Charris969 The floating airbase, right?
+1If anything, you added even more parts and made it even less mobile friendly... I don't think potato computers could handle this ship to begin with...
+4Sled! It's been for ages!
@SnoWFLakE0s Smoke effect of larger calibers, on the other hand... I don't quite remember anyone saying that you can only use 70mm guns to make that smoke effect... The "center" (the sphere of fire and smoke) part of the explosion/smoke effect is around the same as a gun of 400mm caliber, although, granted, yup, the smoke effects of that one is defeating the purpose of "potato friendly"...
Just realized... the new tank cannons could replace rockets for this role... And of course, that would also mean automatic grenade launchers and rocket pods would not require 30+ parts just for the ammo.
+3Potato users of the world, rejoice!
Hmmm... Are there any fictional characters similar to the Red Baron in your AU?
+1@FranzPeterSiegfried I think it's more dieselpunk than steampunk (streamlined design, no exposed piping, non-brass colors, bulbous fairings everywhere), but anyways, it's a pity that this beautiful airframe did not come with a backstory.
+1Cool depth charges! I myself have another method to do basically the same thing (around an year old, not uploaded, and won't be uploaded anytime soon), although mine is an amalgamation of parachutes, speed brakes, and springs so that the bomb will detonate when contacting with the surface. I ditched the rockets (for airplanes, at least) for they are a bit... fickle for they will have a fixed time to detonation after they are launched, so depending on the release altitude they may or may not detonate on target (or in the general vicinity of the target). That said, I do have my own fixed-timer ones (note: they are AG ones with secondary detachers to fire and detonate the rockets, made around half an year ago) that are designed to be launched from surface ships and low-flying aircrafts (most likely not helos for the obvious reason of blast radius) to crack open submarines.
@MintLynx Fellow aspie here, the sub is cool as hell, the engine design is also what I'd envision for one (I myself suck at art or aesthetics, but I'm somewhat good at analyzing). Also, am I the only one who thinks that whoever made this really should add control instructions? Ayways, this sub is cool and I wish to see more subs of this kind from you in the future.
* sonar ping intensifies *
This, right?
7247...
+1@RamboJutter Sorry, it's just that the only time I saw something this asymmetrical is the ski speeder - the fact that the cockpit is on one end of the wing and the cannons on the other with the engines in the middle didn't help whatsoever...
Inspired by this?
@Squirrel So that why. Cool!
Nice build... But which part of this is angelic? I mean dragons are cool, but they are no angels.
Soooo... Basically a dieselpunk version of the P-38?
Is she riding the broom side-saddle?
@ChisP Yup, the wings of the Canberra, the nose of the Bear.
@belugasub disabling aircraft collision does not allow your own guns to shoot through your own fuselage blocks, IIRC...
Cool! That said... how come did you NOT chop your own tails off with that turret?
@RamboJutter Well, to qualify as a jet you need to have the engine exhaust providing some significant amount of thrust...
Also, given its supposed to be an upgrade to a build of your own, when will we see the "original" F4?
@GenrichTitov I mean, I was trying that out on my own a while ago, primarily making cluster bombs...
Which F4? The wings and the cockpit belong to an F4U Corsair, but the fuselage seems to belong to a F4F Wildcat... Also, that's no jet engine, its just a turboprop.
Hmmmmm.... Those round corners?
+1@ND40X Well, given this is basically an "Osprey" variant for the PA-28 "Cherokee", I just decided to call it "Cherosprey"
Cherosprey?
@darthschmuck52 The train being way off the track...
What happened in the screenshot?
+1What the f**k is this? Bombardiers, to your stations! We have worms to kill!
+2@Insmallsky Well, to be exact, I used to play that game, now I lost interest (my reflexes being nigh-nonexistent have something to do with it). That said, I do love the designs of the Tyrant from the game.