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Where in the world did you find any plans on the SS Ohio? Ever since I read the book, "Malta Convoy" I've been putting together the pieces to make a flight sim video of the ship and it's role in Operation Pedestal. The only thing I've been able to find was some small pictures of a model that Texaco put out several years ago.

Fantastic work.
 
I don't have any immediate plans on working up any more detail for the internal model. After making the USS Monterey for the SkyUnlimited Productions Texans vol2 release, I know how much work is involved on getting the details in. I know the vc is kinda empty but I had to budget my time and this was the best I could do.

I don't have any experience in building for CFS2. The model is currently in gmax. I put copies of the source files up for sale on TurboSquid in gmax, obj and 3dmax. If anyone wants a copy in 3ds or dxf for import into FSDS, please send me a PM and I'll see what can be done.
 
X_eidos2 said:
Where in the world did you find any plans on the SS Ohio? Ever since I read the book, "Malta Convoy" I've been putting together the pieces to make a flight sim video of the ship and it's role in Operation Pedestal. The only thing I've been able to find was some small pictures of a model that Texaco put out several years ago.

Fantastic work.
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The plans are a bit of a cheat.

There are no plans of her available, but her class were the base for the USN oilers at a later date. Though these were expounded for refueling at sea and some other modifications. The basic hull shape and dimensions remained very similar, the fittings were gleaned from the photos available on the internet and the knowledge that after her arrival in Britain (when we purloined her from Texaco) she went into the shipbuilders yard and was modified with guns and some shrapnel mats around the bridge front. The upper open bridge with binnacle was removed with 20mm's added around the radio shack and she was painted overall home fleet medium grey (507b 1940). A further 2 guns were added by using army bofors but their placement is unknown, (the remainder of the army battery was delegated to the light cruisers Kenya, Manchester) the army personnel remained onboard to man the guns while the American crew were sent home and replaced by British merchant seaman.

So the model itself is a mutt, cobbled together by the above plus some wishful guesswork. Her dp should reflect the difficulty the Axis had in trying to sink her and with a tough AAA. The next model of her will show her as she was on the 11th August with her decks awash, minimum AAA and less life points in the damage boxes with a suitable amount of parts rendered remodeled to show damage or actually missing and texture redone to show fire damage.

First phase is to lower the entire model to get the deck awash effect, then some of the parts will be bent etc or deleted or just moved to show some damage.

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at the moment she is 4600ish polys

regards Collin
 
Maybe I should scrounge around and see if I can find my low-poly Stuka somewhere so you can scatter the bits in the area just in front of the bridge.

Amazing
 
X_eidos2 said:
Maybe I should scrounge around and see if I can find my low-poly Stuka somewhere so you can scatter the bits in the area just in front of the bridge.

Amazing
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Now there's an idea! Though I think most of it got thrown over the side.:engel016:

C
 
I found a site on line by one of the lads who was a gunner on the Ohio, he was actually blown overboard by one of the explosions, and picked up a day later with some of his mates. He had some pics but i dont think any showed the gun locations, ....but there is one ariel shot of the ship in Malta harbour that may show shed some light on the gun locations.

Nice work on that Jeep Carrier btw. :)

http://www.skyunlimited.net/texans_vol2.htm
 
Collin, OHIO Project is looking great. Question , what data do you alter and where ( Dp file , ship cfg file, etc. ? ) to vary a ships entire model level to get " the deck awash effect" ? Thanks in advance, Wahoo.
 
wahoo said:
Collin, OHIO Project is looking great. Question , what data do you alter and where ( Dp file , ship cfg file, etc. ? ) to vary a ships entire model level to get " the deck awash effect" ? Thanks in advance, Wahoo.
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Select all the parts in the fsds file and lower them down to the level I want......simples.

I'am now abusing the parts to reshape them to show damage and a different texture bmp has been added.

regards Collin:ernae:
 
Stuka bits

Here are the two Stuka models that I've got stored away in my archives. They're about 12 years old. Maybe you could mash them up a bit. I seem to remember reading that a few of the crew from the destroyers that were lashed up with the Ohio went aboard the Ohio and helped themselves to bits of the Stuka for souvenirs.
 
Yo LongJock;

I done what you said .... blowed her up .... REAL GOOD!!
Check yer email fer my full report.

GREAT work Bro! ... yer screenshots don't show the nice oil-slick she starts trailing.

But where the hell did ya get her gunners? .... from the "Luke Skywalker Lazar Gun Academy" ????

Actually it was more intense than I had expected but with standard evasion tactics avoided most of it.

She's a tough little ship too .... took 5 torps to get the job done.

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