TonyB wrote:
> 
> Hi people. I just saw Episode I yesterday. It just arrived in Panama.
> Long wait... but worth it. =) Great graphics, and ok storyline (nice
> plot twists). I really hated the look of Jar-Jar. Too plastic, too
> bright. They made other things look real, why couldn't they get him
> right? Anyway, just a quick note.

  I haven't seen it yet myself and will probably wait for it to come out
on cable in a year or two.
 
> The hallway is progressing nicely thanks to your suggestions. What kind
> of bolts hold corrugated iron together and how? The spherical ones
> (rounded top) or the hexagon ones? I've never really seen this, so I'm
> making it up for now. Is it customary to use several square plates, or
> is it just cut to the appropriate size? I want this thing to be
> structurally correct. Help me, 'Ken'obi...

  The corrugated metal you are referring to is commonly referred to as
chicken foot deck plate or just deck plate for short. In all but a few
cases it is welded together rather than held using bolts. If and when
bolts are used they would in all likelihood be the type referred to as
stove bolts which are the type with the smooth round head, a 1/4" square
shaft immediately below the head going to round, and ultimately threaded
at the oppopsite end. I would stick with the welded look for realism.
The deck plates are generally sold in 4 x 8 ft. sheets and used in full
sheets or cut with a cutting torch or nibbling tool to fit the space and
design needs of the situation.
  I think the one problem I do see with the scene you posted is the height
of the hand rails. They are fine for very short people but someone taller
could trip over the ones you have in the posted image. It may be a problem
with perspective that leads me to this conclusion because there is nothing
around it to give it a sense of scale.

'Ken'obi Tyler
  
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