IJN Kaga

IJN Light Carrier Kaga (Work In progress) ***PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AT THE END OF THIS POST BEFORE TRYING TO USE IT!*** Ive received a few requests to publish this ship, so have decided to release it in its current state (it needs some cosmetic work on the interior and I expect to make changes as the game develops, however it is functional in its current state). This is a scale replica of the Imperial Japanese Navy Carrier, Kaga, as it originally entered service in 1928. It is a player controlled ship carrying 11 x B2M1 bi-planes with various roles. Its armament is based on the original ship with a few augmentations to improve its usefullness in FtD. (Brief) History: Kaga was originally laid down as a Tosa-class battleship but was redesigned as an aircraft carrier when the Washington Naval Treaty came into effect, preventing Japan from increasing the number of battleships in service. Kaga had a unique lay out consisting of three flight decks, the middle deck being so short it was impractical to use for anything but the smallest recon bi-planes. Another unusual design feature was the long funnels which ran down the side of the ship below the top flight deck to (in theory) divert hot exhaust gases, smoke and fumes away from the flight deck... As aircraft carrier doctrine was still evolving at this time, she had a heavy gun armament in case she was engaged by enemy cruisers - although completely impractical in real warfare, in FtD this gives Kaga a very impressive amount of fire power! Armament: 2 x Dual 200mm guns on the middle flight deck 6 x 200mm guns in casemates aft 6 x twin 120mm model A2 Gun mounts in side sponsons. 10 x twin 25mm anti aircraft guns 5 x B2M1 biplanes - Fighters 4 x B2M1 biplanes - Bombers 2 x B2M1 biplanes - Torpedo bombers Additional armament (not on the real thing): As cannons are utterly ineffective as AAA weapons in FtD Ive fitted a rack of simple missiles firing vertically above the flight deck to prevent shrikes taking the p**s. Add