Yankee Station by cschell

DAZ|Studio • Military • posted on Jun 04, 2015

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Description

After much work I give you "Yankee Station"... Uss Constellation made numerous deployments to South-East Asia during the Vietnam war. The operational area off the coast of North Vietnam was given the name "Yankee Station". Carriers covering South Vietnam operated from "Dixie Station"... Her 1972 cruise was one of the heaviest periods of line activity during the war with over 733 sorties flown by the 4 Carrier Air-wings deployed to the Gulf of Tonkin in just one month (February). By the end of April there were no less than 6 full Carrier Groups operating off the coast of Vietnam in support of the Linebacker Raids though this was cut back to 4 by the end of June when a halt was called and Linebacker discontinued... Rendered in DS 4.7 with post-work added in Filter Forge 4 (to add the fading and grunge for the look of an old photo) Kitty Hawk and Destroyer 3D Models from Turbosquid with custom textures and modifications by me... Essex by BeyondVR with custom modifictaions and textures by me to convert her to an ELINT Snooper Ship... Huey UH-1 also by BeyondVR with custom textures by me... CA-44 and C29 Cruisers by Briney on ShareCG with custom textures and modifications by me... A-4 Skyhawk by Bazze with custom textures and dummy pilots by me... A-6 Intruders by Neilwil on ShareCG F-4B Phantom II, A-7 Corsair II, Weapons, Aircraft Towing Tractors, Low-poly Crewmen and Pilots by me... P4 Poser Businessman with custom textures by me using various extra props and items from a variety of sources to make the deck crew... Additional scene props and items from a variety of sources...

Comments (9)

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giulband

12:12AM | Fri, 05 June 2015

Very beautiful and realistic creation !!!!!!

cschell

8:48AM | Fri, 05 June 2015

Thank-you!

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starship64

1:05AM | Fri, 05 June 2015

Wow! Incredible work!

cschell

8:49AM | Fri, 05 June 2015

Thanks!

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steelrazer

9:04AM | Fri, 05 June 2015

Absolutely beautiful work! The color tone is perfect for the subject matter. You have a nice density with all the models that makes a very realistic scene; also a great use of a variety of models. The old P4 businessman is a great lowpoly for the extras on deck. All I can say is outstanding work! I like it alot. Well done.

cschell

9:28AM | Fri, 05 June 2015

Thanks Steelrazor... it was a lot of work and is quite possibly the largest scene I've ever done. Everything was scaled to life size compared to V4/M4 (rather than scaling aircraft and people down, I scaled ships up in size to match the scale of the figures and aircraft) and there are over 300 figures in the scene just for the ships crew and pilots (all the aircraft with open canopies actually have pilots in them, and I placed a full deck crew, vehicle drivers, and bridge crew while I was at it)! There are over 40 aircraft in the scene, and around 14 ships, plus all the crewmen and extras like aircraft tractors and such... it took me 3 weeks to assemble the scene!

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Kratoonz

9:47AM | Fri, 05 June 2015

Outstanding

cschell

9:57AM | Fri, 05 June 2015

Thanks! :)

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Greywolf44

10:50AM | Fri, 05 June 2015

As has been noted, incredible setup! The finished product is wonderful. You should give yourself a pat on the back just for your perseverance!!! Love it!!!

cschell

11:00AM | Fri, 05 June 2015

Thanks Greywolf.... it was a labor of love! :)

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saphira1998

12:33PM | Fri, 05 June 2015

cool

cschell

1:25PM | Fri, 05 June 2015

Thanks

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rbowen

12:24AM | Sat, 06 June 2015

Excellent work!

cschell

8:27AM | Sat, 06 June 2015

Thank-you! :)

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cvrad

10:18AM | Sat, 06 June 2015

quite a bit of detail

cschell

10:28AM | Sat, 06 June 2015

I try! :)

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AliceFromLake

6:01PM | Mon, 08 June 2015

Very impressive picture. There is only one bug! :-) There were no CIWS in Vietnam. ;-) The work you did is amazing.

cschell

11:25PM | Mon, 08 June 2015

Thank-you! :) And yes I was aware that the Phalanx system didn't go ship-board till the 80's. I wanted to remove them when I rebuilt other parts of the Carrier to bring it back to the way it looked in the 60/70's but the Phalanx platforms were sculpted as part of the hull mesh and couldn't be removed without leaving big gaps in the mesh (and requiring whole new areas to be filled in and the full hull completely remapped). As it was I had to remove and rebuild large parts of the model to rebuild her appearance closer to how she would have looked in 'Nam. I added better detail parts for the arresting gear, removed the rear radar dish and replaced it with the corrected round set, repositioned the "meatball" signal system, and removed the more modern Sea Sparrow launchers and replaced them with correct Terrier launchers. all these items were already on the model and either just needed to be repositioned or an extra prop added to replace a missing part. Most of the items I replaced were easily removed as separate parts of the mesh so I could delete and replace them without messing up anything on the rest of the model...