Le 18-05-03 à 07:30, Stephen a écrit :
> On 28/04/2018 08:59, Sven Littkowski wrote:
>> UPDATE
>>
>> Did excessive works on many textures, more to come. In zoom, the ship
>> textures start finally to look remarkable.
>>
>> The water area around the ship looks different because it will work with
>> photons. But that's still to come. Once I have a photon map, I will make
>> all water looking the same again.
>>
>> Corrosion spots added. Dirt and paint irregularities added.
>> Constructional irregularities added. 1855s US flag added.
>>
> 
> This is coming along nicely.
> Unique drive mechanism. :-)
> I'm not too sure about the "Eye shaped pattern" on the crank linkage.
> 
> Bolts are generally in straight lines on girders. Although if space is 
> tight every second row can be staggered to allow spanner room.
> 
> 
> 
The key word here is "generally". In this case, where the mechanism is 
visible, and in a time when aesthetics was more of a concern, it was not 
uncommon to add some extra bolts, or rivets, that where mostly for 
decoration.

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