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Essex class (long-hull) aircraft carrier 1.0

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This model represents the long-hull straight-deck Essex class aircraft carriers, beginning with CV-14 USS Ticonderoga circa 1944. These ships were about 5 meters longer than the original CV-9 Essex, and featured heavier anti-aircraft armament.

 

Two versions of the ship are included: The original WW2 configuration, and the jet-capable Korean War era modernization. Decals for each unit are included. Random aircraft parking has been designed for currently available models with folding wings.

 

In addition to its complement of aircraft, each ship is armed with a battery of twin 5" guns and single 5" guns, plus a vast number of 40mm Bofors and 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns.

 

Please see the readme for full details and credits. Because this is a very high-poly, high-definition model, instructions are also included to improve framerate for those of us without premium supercomputers.

 

 

 

This model is dedicated to Wrench, who requested it, and who provides us with great playgrounds for all our toys.


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  • 2015/09/27 Initial release
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Ummm... wow... a work of art... the "GroundObject" standard has just been raised!

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hi

may I add to the laudatio:

 

wip, CV-14 hit by kamikaze

 

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Ack! I am interested in recreating the USS Lake Champlain (CV-39) as she appeared in Korea. But she had the SCB-27 conversion and in photos of her in Korea, the 5-inch gun turrets are gone.

Per this photo: 023911.jpg

 

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On 05/09/2017 at 3:41 AM, streakeagle said:

Ack! I am interested in recreating the USS Lake Champlain (CV-39) as she appeared in Korea. But she had the SCB-27 conversion and in photos of her in Korea, the 5-inch gun turrets are gone.

Per this photo: 023911.jpg

 

she also has the redesigned island that started out on the USS Oriskany, Like most of the SCB-27s did,

i actually for the life of me didnt know SCB-27 upgrades that simply added catapults and blast deflectors (witch wikipedia says was only added to the SCB- 27C) to the stand WW2 Essex even existed till i found a pic of the USS Boxer returning from Korea

but if you want a good model of this version of the SCB-27 i suggest snagging YAP carrier pack 2 (its the cheapest) and downloading Paulopanz LOD files for them, they should serve you well enough until this model can be updated

Edited by Tony_Spike

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