On 29-10-2018 10:17, Stephen wrote:
> On 29/10/2018 07:44, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> On 29-10-2018 7:36, dick balaska wrote:
>>> On 10/28/18 3:28 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>>> On 28-10-2018 7:38, Ton wrote:
>>>>> Here is the result of playing around with vectors and angles.
>>>>> Looks like a nice round backside.....
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes. There still seems to be a hint of angles in the curve though. 
>>>> Could
>>>> to be solved with a bit higher resolution of the mesh.
>>>>
>>>

>>> riveting steel.
>>
>> That is indeed true. Lets wait for the completed hull before 
>> assembling the jury again. ;-)
>>
> 
> Bear in mind that it is the superstructure not the hull. I would expect 
> the steel plates to be cut and shaped to a wooden pattern built by 
> carpenters from drawings for each part.
> If you want an idea of what shipbuilding was like 30 years later. Look 

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> https://tinyurl.com/y88hd9co

This is brilliant! Thanks for the link. I shall put that aside for 
future reference/use in some scene or other. Inspiring.

Reminds me of Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson. One of his paintings 
appears on the book cover of David Landes' "The Wealth and Poverty of 
Nations". Good read.

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>>>
>>> I can only find one picture of the stern (lots of drawings of it in the
>>> air though...)
>>>
https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/120405051718-titanic-ship-cobh-horizontal-large-gallery.jpg

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> 
> Nice find. :)
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> 


-- 
Thomas

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