because: https://www.reddit.com/r/accidentalswastika/
or in lore terms: The japanese discovered the secret nazi propulsion doomsday systems and implemented them in this fictionalized Takao replica.

I didn't realize until somebody in my stream a few weeks later pointed it out... I should probably get around to changing them to something less... swastickaly

I'll look into it when i cannon overhaul her.

may i ask why the hell are the ships propeller supports look like a quad swastika aka fucking nazi crosses?

Updated: replaced some of bridge with alloy to reduce overall mass - this is only first stage
Also moved rudders up a bit so that the ship will no longer capsize when trying to turn

haha that's true, i saw it was top havy so i thought i'd go overboard!

I think there are a few things i can do to fix it as this version predates the drag updates so i need to make quite a few adjustments.
I could definitely replace some of the superstructure with alloy though :)

I could try having a bash at one, i know there are people doing IJN ships who may beat me to it though as right now developement has slowed whilst i do a british styley replica youtube campaign but if i get a chance i'll do it!

Sweet! It's pretty funny that she's even more horrendously top-heavy than the real life version: perhaps you could replace some parts of the superstructure with alloy? After all, even if you're going for realism, I doubt the real Takao had 1-metre-thick steel plating on the bridge.
Also, any chance you could try doing a modified Kuma-class light cruiser? The one with 40 Long Lance launchers, of course. XD

thats true for the slow ships, like one this big. Even so it is still amazing as hell. If you made more of the imperial japanese war ships as nicely as this one that would be amazing.

The only problem in this game is that you need to make the barrels ridiculously long to make it effective in Battle....

Oh hey an other great build.... and its you again!
If you ever build the Yamato I may or may not start worshipping you like a god you have been warned...

kbee, i have 110+ hours at this game and still cant build a proper sub :D

Just brought the game myself and trying to learn to play it.....so far i like it alot.

Thanks :) Just a quick heads up I've done a bit of re-organisation and decided that the next ship i'll build will be a certain US ship to pitch against the Takao, keep your eyes open for it!

WOW

Haha since the U-boat i seemed to have commanded a good deal of the front page haven't I? , part of the reason i'd say though is because although there are many great builds here there are many more even better builds than any of mine on the FTD forums that never see the steam forums, I'm just good at making very pretty historical replicas :D

Indeed this is the one that i quickly showed getting hit by kamikaze planes last night, I was tempted to re-create a Northampton class or something similar and to a stream of that vs the takao, maybe soon :)

i wonder if there where ever be a day where elboydo wont be both front workshop previews

dayum homie, das sexy :P
This is the one that you streamed isnt it :D

Building a fleet is always a good option as it pushes mor ecreativity, missile platforms are a nice option but you can't beat the feeling of hand building a fleet in campaign!

Haha i do love it when people do battle testing, the takao is quite a tough one, i was going to do a combat ready version for those who'd like it in campaign with the main batteries being put to fire faster but that depends on time, same with the iron dukes i need to put up the combat version.

I can easily see the iron dukes having fun with it though as the torpedos i have on the duke can cause a nice bit of wreckage, lately i've been testing out kamikazes so look out for them!

yep, only a few craft as i kept my campaign simple so far, yet the biggest the Leonidas class is a monster and has kind of ruined my campaign as it causes so much slowdown to pop in and out.

Yep i do streams, usually every othe rnight for a few hours, you can find it here when i do!
http://www.twitch.tv/elboydo/

before getting shrecked by 3 hms irons

My god So op It wiped out 5 B 24 bombers

see, i was thinking about publishing my early campaign fleet as well, and then i realized that all i build before DWG is wiped out are missile platforms haha big ugly missile platforms...

Ishould build an actual fleet, shouldn't I?

Campaign fleet eh? I'm meant to upload three "Early Air Superitority Craft" and put them in a group all together, since they all use propellers and around 200 blocks. I will do the " Early Naval Superiority Craft" as well after that, I already have two of the three + other crafts done for the first group.
Just need to figure out how to make a better warship, and I did not know you did streams! How interesting, seems like more of my time will go, already 270+ hours into FtD.
And as everybody else I give you my full support!

Thank you FireDune, it's the combination of lots of procrastination, free time, coffee and practice for my twitch streams so i don't fail as hard as normal, speaking of which i may start publishing my campaign fleet for others to use.

In between builds however I will definitely be trying my best to get some of everything done but along with uni work times are busy so as you noticed builds are popping up much slower!
although so long as requests keep coming i'll keep doing them :)

On a side i also just remembered if anybody is after an aircraft carrier then check out the shoehorn, modeled after a nimits class i believe, it is made by "Samlow" a very good builder of many larger ships, here's a link to the forum post http://www.fromthedepthsgame.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2541

And thank you very much for the support! I knew it wouldn't get too far but i wanted to see my replicas do some damage, i'm just amazed i made it past the first round! and that ixjet what a vehicle to lose to eh? a beauty

Yeah certainly i love requests as they keep me working on diverse things.
the I-401, that's the amphibious sub/plane launcher from WW2 right? I believe i saw a requets for the anime version on the FTD forums but no completions yet, i will try to give that a go at some point although right now my list is looking immedietely like

Tribal Class destroyer
Tone Class
Black Swan
Castle Class
HMS Hood
Wasp Class
Black Pearl
Wasp Class
I=401
etc etc

Hey, i could have a look, unfortunately it may be a while until i can do a replica wasp, although it doesn't seem too difficult, i could probably chuck a base model together quite quickly, the real question is would the lower bay be workable and what would be mounted on it? eg: jets, helos etc, also this has inadvertently added HMS Ocean to the list of replicas

Elboydo, you are ON POINT man. i am just baffled at how you keep churning out such high-quality models. Keep up the good work!

can I request?
can you make I-401 for surprise attack?

I might be able to also get my hands on some aircraft carriers aswell

ok

Thanks, Just had a look at the link you sent, i reckon i could definietely get a tone class setup, it may not be done until late december though as i have a heavish work load but i will start soon :)

If i don't use spin blocks for the plane launchers i could also use dme F1m's i made for the takao as that should give them enough room to take off.

do you think you could do the tone class here is the blueprint http://i30.tinypic.com/34igw79.jpg

it looks like the one from battlestations pacific

Looks, epic!