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[Chris Lane]

http://www.wolfsship...Weres/royal.htm

Some of you may well know this site. If I was to tinker with some of the models to reflect the refits proposed on this site, how hard would it be to transfer them into gq3 from fai?

I enjoyed converting hms tiger for the Dutch and would like to play around with the likes of iron duke and lion.

[Cpt M]

The answer is 'it all depends'...  If the rebuild is fairly minor (no increase in armor, no replacement of boilers or regunning), then building a log should be fairly simple.  For the more dramatic rebuilds, it gets much more difficult.  Example:  the US rebuilt most of their BBs during the '30s.  Imagine determining speed,armor, etc. without knowing how the ships turned out.  It would be very difficult (if not impossible).  And having detailed specifications of proposed rebuilds is no guarantee, either.  There can be considerable differences between the specifications and the actual rebuilt ship (sometimes VERY different; not all rebuilds go as planned.  HMS London is a prime example).  That's why 'what if' ships are so difficult to build logs for.     

[simanton]

If we're talking major mods/rebuilds, the ships'/data would have to be the proverbial SWAG. Which CAN be fun - I'm working on a scenario to get my late WWII USS United States CC-6 into a fight - just don't expect your ships' data to be regarded as authoritative.

[Chris Lane]

Aye. Whilst I understand what you are saying colours coastal, sometimes it's fun to play in fantasy. As long all who are playing agree that the logs are speculative, I don't see it being a problem. I really want to work on the late soviet stuff we well.

It's all part of the big plan I have.....

[MatthewB]

No Light forces?

What about the BCs and CAs that were planned, or the differences in DDs with no 1,500t displacement limitations?

Although I suppose the DDs' limitations came from a later treaty.

I often think about what the IJN could have built had not Japan been so obsessed with their victory over the Russians and Tsushima that they considered that they might NOT get their "decisive battle" and that maybe they might have to fight a war of attrition, and protect their merchant fleet a bit better (which they kinda abandoned to its fate, not putting enough emphasis upon merchant protection, as did the allies, who saw that as the primary objective for the surface Navy instead of chasing the enemy around looking to force a "Decisive Battle" between opposing BB forces.

MB