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Title: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser [4.09] [4.10] [4.12]
Post by: asheshouse on March 17, 2011, 12:01:10 PM
HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser v1.0 - 17-03-11

Credits:   Original 3D model and skinning by Melissa.
             Secondary Guns, Directors and various details,
             LOD's, shadow and collision meshes,
             Class files and installation by Asheshouse

HMS Fiji was a Light Cruiser of the Colony Class and the first of a total of 11 built to enter service.
She was launched in May 1939 and during her service spent time in the Atlantic and Mediteranean theatres. She was sunk by German bombers off Crete on 22nd May 1941. Although low on ammunition she had been sent back with another Light Cruiser HMS Gloucester to rescue crews from the destroyer HMS Greyhound which had been sunk earlier. Both Gloucester and Fiji were also sunk.

To quote Admiral Cunningham, the commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet, speaking of events around Crete and ship losses in particular --  "It takes three years to build a ship, but 300 years to build a tradition,"

In total around Crete the navy lost 3 cruisers and 6 destroyers and suffered damage to seven other vessels including the battleships Warspite and Valiant.

Armament:   12 x 6in (4x3)
                  8 x 4in (4x2)
                  8 x 2pdr PomPom (2x4)
                  6 x 20mm Oerlikon (6x1)
                  6 x 21in Torpedo Tubes (2x3)

(https://s6.postimg.cc/a1hr0vm2p/image06-4.jpg)

Download: https://www.mediafire.com/?1ua9oytxz12ga5f
Alternative: http://www.filefactory.com/file/c02e4ac/n/HMSFiji17-03-11.rar

There is a Readme file in the ShipAshe folder.
Note: This ship is included in the HSFXv5.0 Pack (or so I was told)

Many thanks to Melissa for providing me with the original model to work on.
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser
Post by: Epervier on March 17, 2011, 12:28:36 PM
Magnifique !
Thank you very much !  :) :)
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser
Post by: crazyeddie on March 17, 2011, 12:29:17 PM
Superb bit of work again Asheshouse, many thanks.
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser
Post by: duffys tavern on March 17, 2011, 04:08:50 PM
Ashes, you've done a swell job, thanx for sharing.
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser
Post by: Whiskey_Sierra_972 on March 18, 2011, 02:57:25 AM
Another capital ship....another capital masterpiece!

You are really the ship master of the community mate!!!!

All the best!

walter
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser
Post by: mishapilot on March 18, 2011, 03:00:44 AM
Wow! downloading now, if...that damn mediafire let me. :(
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser
Post by: Whiskey_Sierra_972 on March 18, 2011, 04:34:24 AM
Wow! downloading now, if...that damn mediafire let me. :(
+1
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser
Post by: SAS~GJE52 on March 18, 2011, 04:43:30 AM
Thanks Ashe
Quote
she had been sent back with another Light Cruiser HMS Gloucester to rescue crews from the destroyer HMS Greyhound which had been sunk earlier. Both Gloucester and Fiji were also sunk.

My Uncle, now sadly passed on,  was one of the few survivors of HMS Gloucester from that action.

G
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser
Post by: panzerkeil on March 18, 2011, 05:26:57 AM
Wow! downloading now, if...that damn mediafire let me. :(
+1
+2 :-P
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser
Post by: western0221 on March 18, 2011, 06:12:53 AM
Happy!

Note: This ship is included in the HSFXv5.0 Pack

OK! I've got HSFX5.0!!

So, I have installed January ShipPack2, containing Fiji class, what change??
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser
Post by: asheshouse on March 18, 2011, 07:14:15 AM
You should not install ShipPack2 with HSFX5.0
The ships in it are already included in HSFX5.0
All that will happen is that it will load more slowly.

The "Fiji" version which was in ShipPack2 was a Frankenship version.
The latest version is built from scratch and is a better representation of the real thing.
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser
Post by: asheshouse on March 18, 2011, 07:41:22 AM
Mediafire does seem to be playing up.
I have put an alternative link in the first post.
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser
Post by: mishapilot on March 18, 2011, 08:59:00 AM
Thanks for re-uploading ashes! Excellent addition to cruisers, because only Kirov,Indianapolis and frankens existed before
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser
Post by: CharlieChap on March 18, 2011, 09:34:31 AM
This ship is incredibly beautiful   ;)

Thank you for burning the midnight oil for us last week Asheshouse. (it was the last thing to make it into HSFX 5.0 )

We will update the credits etc when we can (sorry about that, somebody else was working on that aspect at the time and it didn't get updated ..)
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser
Post by: rofl on March 24, 2011, 04:03:13 PM
Beautyful ship, thanks a lot :)
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser
Post by: Sakai07 on March 25, 2011, 06:32:30 AM
Beautiful ship Ashe!!! I didn't realize your new version was in HSFX and I just built a mission revolving around protecting her, her sister ship, and your J-Class and Tribal destroyers from marauding Ju-88A4/Torp, Bf-110D, and Ju-87B attackers. I lost both Fiji's and the Tribal but otherwise, beautiful. I love to test out the AAA on new ships, and yours are perfect. Not to harsh, not to light, the perfect AAA!!! lol, thank you very much!!!
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser
Post by: Gumpy on January 14, 2014, 05:05:43 PM
She works and looks great repainted as a Japanese light cruiser asheshouse.   (http://i43.tinypic.com/j76l46.jpg)  Beings we are lacking in such ships,I'd be glad to upload the repaint if anyone is interested.   :)
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser
Post by: SAS~Bombsaway on January 14, 2014, 05:21:01 PM
Yes please. :)
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser
Post by: Epervier on January 15, 2014, 03:01:12 AM
Yes please. :)
+1 please !
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser
Post by: asheshouse on January 15, 2014, 04:14:25 AM
I've been scanning my references for a twin funnel IJN cruiser which that could represent. Did you have a particular class in mind?

Skin looks nice though. By all means put it up for download. Please remember that the original model was by Melissa. I just finished it off and imported it into the game.
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser
Post by: Cafs on January 15, 2014, 05:11:35 PM
Could pass like the Aoba/Furutaka class, almost the same lenght and displacement, but 6x200mm agaisnt the 12x152mm from Fiji.
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser
Post by: Gumpy on January 15, 2014, 08:59:13 PM
Okay here's the download link   https://www.mediafire.com/download/s64k8vb4hu4us1d/HMSFiji.7z  To use this remember you must have already installed the HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser mod unzip the 7zip file then navigate to wherever you have Ashe's ship's installed,in my case it is #DBW/ShipAshe/3do/Ships backup your original HMSFiji folder so you can revert back and forth between the two versions Japanese and British,then drop the folder I provided into the Ships folder.Remember you can't have both versions in the same mission,it has to be one or the other.Thanks again to Melissa and Asheshouse. 8) 8)
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser [4.09] [4.10] [4.12]
Post by: glibble on March 02, 2017, 03:32:01 PM
Is there any chance we could include this in the next BAT Expansion Pack?

Currently it is showing the USS Indianapolis stand-in version in my FMB.

Thank you!
Title: Re: [SHIP] HMS Fiji - Light Cruiser [4.09] [4.10] [4.12]
Post by: SAS~Monty27 on March 31, 2017, 06:03:51 AM
I agree, well overdue!  ;D  Superb work again Ashes, what an artist you are, thank you.