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NOTE - This is a rights free downloadable replacement model for the one I had up before, which I got from the Pack 3D website and which came from the video game Wargame: Red Dragon (WRD) by Eugen Systems.

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Ported to OBJ and slightly modified from the model created by Mitsuya "Hama" Hamaguchi for Microsoft's Flight Simulator X (FSX). Preview picture posed in XNALara XPS. To download, click on the Download icon.

Named after the famed Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) fast battleship of World War II, the Kongo class destroyers of the postwar Japan Marine Self Defense Force (JMSDF) were among the most advanced in the world at the time the lead ship Kongo entered service in 1990, the year before the end of the Cold War. Four were eventually built, with the last one entering service in 1998. Their design was heavily influenced by that of the contemporary Arleigh Burke class destroyers of the United States Navy (USN), although they are slightly smaller and displace a bit less. For that reason Kongo is generally treated as an Arleigh Burke variant or "mod Burke" in the eyes of most professional and amateur naval experts. Both their design and striking visual likeness is no accident. They were the first non-US warships which the American government allowed to be fitted with its prized proprietary AEGIS guided missile combat system, due in part to its continuing postwar friendship with Japan down the decades, and in part to better counter the looming Russian and Chinese military presence in Japan's own back yard. AEGIS was the most advanced such system in the world at the end of the Cold War with regards to the ability to track and intercept multiple incoming guided and cruise missiles. AEGIS has since been upgraded to intercept ballistic missiles as well, and the Kongos (again with American consent) also had this upgrade installed during their in-service refits during the late 2000s and early 2010s. They were and still are considered among the JMSDF's most powerful warships. Although no more have been built, many of their features have been carried over into the successor Atago and Maya classes. To find out more about Japan's Kongo class destroyers, follow the link below:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kong%C5%…

This is a straight port, with my only change being to somewhat extend the lower part of the hull so there would be more of a lower hull there. As a rule of thumb, almost all titles in the Flight Simulator series treat ships as scenery objects (unless otherwise configured) and all water as solid surfaces, so ship models used with it don't need anything below the waterline. If you get more than that with a Flight Simulator series ship model, consider yourself fortunate.

This is not my model. All I did was port it to OBJ for you. Please credit Mitsuya "Hama" Hamaguchi as the original creator if you use this in any of your own 3D projects. You do not have to credit me for my part.

For non-profit, non-commercial use only.

Description

NOTE - This is a rights free downloadable replacement model for the one I had up before, which I got from the Pack 3D website and which came from the video game Wargame: Red Dragon (WRD) by Eugen Systems.

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Ported to OBJ and slightly modified from the model created by Mitsuya "Hama" Hamaguchi for Microsoft's Flight Simulator X (FSX). Preview picture posed in XNALara XPS. To download, click on the Download icon.

Named after the famed Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) fast battleship of World War II, the Kongo class destroyers of the postwar Japan Marine Self Defense Force (JMSDF) were among the most advanced in the world at the time the lead ship Kongo entered service in 1990, the year before the end of the Cold War. Four were eventually built, with the last one entering service in 1998. Their design was heavily influenced by that of the contemporary Arleigh Burke class destroyers of the United States Navy (USN), although they are slightly smaller and displace a bit less. For that reason Kongo is generally treated as an Arleigh Burke variant or "mod Burke" in the eyes of most professional and amateur naval experts. Both their design and striking visual likeness is no accident. They were the first non-US warships which the American government allowed to be fitted with its prized proprietary AEGIS guided missile combat system, due in part to its continuing postwar friendship with Japan down the decades, and in part to better counter the looming Russian and Chinese military presence in Japan's own back yard. AEGIS was the most advanced such system in the world at the end of the Cold War with regards to the ability to track and intercept multiple incoming guided and cruise missiles. AEGIS has since been upgraded to intercept ballistic missiles as well, and the Kongos (again with American consent) also had this upgrade installed during their in-service refits during the late 2000s and early 2010s. They were and still are considered among the JMSDF's most powerful warships. Although no more have been built, many of their features have been carried over into the successor Atago and Maya classes. To find out more about Japan's Kongo class destroyers, follow the link below:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kong%C5%…

This is a straight port, with my only change being to somewhat extend the lower part of the hull so there would be more of a lower hull there. As a rule of thumb, almost all titles in the Flight Simulator series treat ships as scenery objects (unless otherwise configured) and all water as solid surfaces, so ship models used with it don't need anything below the waterline. If you get more than that with a Flight Simulator series ship model, consider yourself fortunate.

This is not my model. All I did was port it to OBJ for you. Please credit Mitsuya "Hama" Hamaguchi as the original creator if you use this in any of your own 3D projects. You do not have to credit me for my part.

For non-profit, non-commercial use only.