CV-2 USS Lexington 1938

Copyright (c) 2013 Alice Fedrizzi (AliceFromLake).


KNOWLEGDE:

USS Lexington (CV-2), nicknamed "Lady Lex," was an early aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy. She was the lead ship of the Lexington class, though her sister ship Saratoga was commissioned a month earlier. Originally designed as a battlecruiser, she was converted into one of the Navy's first aircraft carriers during construction to comply with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. The ship entered service in 1928 and was assigned to the Pacific Fleet for her entire career. 

This model represents Lexington as she appeared in 1938. The ship was rebuild some times and always changed their appearance. I recommend to use the Devastator from my store for this ship. Other aircraft used on Lady Lex were Grumman Buffalo, Grumman Wildcat (from VanishingPoint or Digimation_ModelBank), Vought Vindicator and Douglas Dauntless (from thunderr).


Included is the model in Collada (*.dae) format, usable for all render packages able to import Collada (nearly all actual render packages can do so) and OBJ format for older programs not able to deal with Collada. The files are separated so you can download the desired format.

I decided to skip the old 3ds format, because it's restrictions. In future I use Collada (*.dae) und OBJ only. Collada can be imported by all modern rendering programs like DAZ 4, Poser 10 and 12, Vue, Studio Max, Cinema4D, Bryce, Modo, Carrara and so on. In Collada all groupings and materials are preserved and it has no restriction in mesh size and naming. If you need the OBJ file because your program can not deal with Collada file than please download the lexington1938-obj.zip file.

The model consists of around 470.000 polygons.


USAGE:

Please use the import option of your render package. All parts should be imported in a grouped state if your render package supports it so usage is easy.
The model is in metric scales, so you may have to rescale it to fit in into imperial units if needed. The parts are devided in materials and movable parts. The booms for the boats in port are in two version, in open and retracted state. Please switch visible or unvisible the parts you need.

UV mapping is available for all parts but some. Please adjust the bump mapping settings as desired to get a fashionable appearance. The settings I have made are for Cinema4D and may not be usable for other rendering packages. Same for all other values in the material channels. Please make your own glass material and apply it to the glass parts or use the glass material included in your rendering package. The one I included is a placeholder.



INCLUDED FILES:

documentation/
readme-lexington1938.txt - The file you are just reading.
license_agreement.txt    - The license agreement.

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CV2_Lexington-1938.dae   - Model file.
cv-2_lexcol_01.jpg       - The color map.


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NONE of these files may be redistributed (please read the complete enclosed license). 
You can distribute self made texture maps for this model for free but not for money.

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