Bedankt Thomas,

I couldn't hink of another way of texturing. Afterwards you would have to go
through all your sources, find the objects, and give them the texture. Why not
immediately, and get it over with?

Thanks Stephen, it seems that yuo know about ships. I didn't know those spheres
are called Kelvin's balls. So they are there for correcting the magnetic field.
I'm learning every day doing this!

Thanks Mike, I don't HAVE to sink her. Would be a shame....

So now I'll have to get my jig-saw, and make the holes in the raised roof for
the windows.

Cheers
Ton

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On 04/08/2018 01:55, Ton wrote:
> Bedankt Thomas,
> 
> I couldn't hink of another way of texturing. Afterwards you would have to go
> through all your sources, find the objects, and give them the texture. Why not
> immediately, and get it over with?
> 

Commendable. :)

> Thanks Stephen, it seems that yuo know about ships. I didn't know those spheres
> are called Kelvin's balls. So they are there for correcting the magnetic field.
> I'm learning every day doing this!
> 

I think that they are only called Kelvin's balls in the UK.
 From Wiki.

> These are colloquially known as "Kelvin's balls"[1] in the UK, and "navigator's
balls" in the United States. Unlike most display binnacles today, which have the balls
painted red and green to represent port and starboard side of the vessel, the balls
shall be painted black or have another uniform colour. 

It is just that I was brought up in a shipbuilding area. You could say 
that is in the blood. ;)
I also spent a couple of years working as an ET, on semi-submersible oil 
rigs. They are classed as MVs.



> Thanks Mike, I don't HAVE to sink her. Would be a shame....
> 

I wouldn't. :)


> So now I'll have to get my jig-saw, and make the holes in the raised roof for
> the windows.
> 
> Cheers
> Ton
> 
> 


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Regards
     Stephen

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Le 18-08-05 à 03:42, Stephen a écrit :
> On 04/08/2018 01:55, Ton wrote:
>> Bedankt Thomas,
>>
>> I couldn't hink of another way of texturing. Afterwards you would have 
>> to go
>> through all your sources, find the objects, and give them the texture. 
>> Why not
>> immediately, and get it over with?
>>
> 
> Commendable. :)
> 
>> Thanks Stephen, it seems that yuo know about ships. I didn't know 
>> those spheres
>> are called Kelvin's balls. So they are there for correcting the 
>> magnetic field.
>> I'm learning every day doing this!
>>
> 
> I think that they are only called Kelvin's balls in the UK.
>  From Wiki.
> 
>> These are colloquially known as "Kelvin's balls"[1] in the UK, and 
>> "navigator's balls" in the United States. Unlike most display 
>> binnacles today, which have the balls painted red and green to 
>> represent port and starboard side of the vessel, the balls shall be 
>> painted black or have another uniform colour. 
> 
> It is just that I was brought up in a shipbuilding area. You could say 
> that is in the blood. ;)
> I also spent a couple of years working as an ET, on semi-submersible oil 
> rigs. They are classed as MVs.
> 
> 
> 
>> Thanks Mike, I don't HAVE to sink her. Would be a shame....
>>
> 
> I wouldn't. :)
> 
> 
>> So now I'll have to get my jig-saw, and make the holes in the raised 
>> roof for
>> the windows.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Ton
>>
>>
> 
> 

Just seen a documentary on the Titanic.

When it left port, there was a coal fire in coal bunker 9, that spread 
to bunker 10.
One of bunker 9 wall was also a bulkhead. The heat critically weakened 
that bulkhead. It's the failure of that bulkhead that doomed the ship.
They had just enough fuel for the trip due to a coal miners strike.
The only way to deal with the fire was to use it or let it burn out. 
This explain why the ship was going so fast, and why they did not divert 
to a safer route. They had to go that way or run out of fuel before 
reaching port.

The company was in a financial stranglehold and had to cut corners to 
save on the building costs. They used lower quality, and thinner, steel 
than in the blueprints. It's also known that the rivets where fragile.

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I must say, you're making great progress!
I wonder what you're using to make your pieces and keep everything properly
placed and to scale.  Your workspace must be a sight to see!  :)

Coincidentally, I just found this in my news feed:

The Titanic under construction at Harland and Wolff shipyard Belfast, 1910

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Am 05.08.2018 um 20:03 schrieb Bald Eagle:
> I must say, you're making great progress!
> I wonder what you're using to make your pieces and keep everything properly
> placed and to scale.  Your workspace must be a sight to see!  :)
> 
> Coincidentally, I just found this in my news feed:
> 
> The Titanic under construction at Harland and Wolff shipyard Belfast, 1910

Not to be confused with her older sister ship, the Olympic, seen much
more prominently in the foreground.

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Bald Eagle, my modeler is good old-fashioned kpovmodeler for the parts. I've

(http://www.f-lohmueller.de/pov_tut/scale_model/s_mod_150e.htm) for my
deckplans, so I know where to place those parts.

That Belfast gentry might be a nice, interesting, challenging Povray project!
Better practice first with something simple, like the Forth Railway bridge or
the Eiffeltower.

Cheers
Ton.

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Hi(gh)!

On 06.08.2018 01:51, Ton wrote:

> That Belfast gentry might be a nice, interesting, challenging Povray project!
> Better practice first with something simple, like the Forth Railway bridge or
> the Eiffeltower.

Cologne Cathedral! But that wouldn't be simple...

See you in Khyberspace!

Yadgar

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Forth Railway Bridge looks doable.
I'm halfway through modeling the Contoocook Railroad Bridge.

Eiffel tower might be possible, as the guy who printed the first Liberator when
the file was released also printed an Eiffel tower in 5 parts - that took about
4 straight days of printing IIRC.

So there's gotta be a reasonably accurate STL file out there.

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On 06/08/2018 20:10, Bald Eagle wrote:
> Forth Railway Bridge looks doable.

It is. It took me about two weeks to make one section of it as a prop.

https://imgur.com/Hl2UiHf


> I'm halfway through modeling the Contoocook Railroad Bridge.
> 

And I hope we get a view of the finished model. :)


> Eiffel tower might be possible, 

Yip. :) If you don't want every strut and rivet.
https://imgur.com/NasAWTU


> as the guy who printed the first Liberator when
> the file was released also printed an Eiffel tower in 5 parts - that took about
> 4 straight days of printing IIRC.
> 
> So there's gotta be a reasonably accurate STL file out there.
> 
> 


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Regards
     Stephen

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Hi everyone,

Bald Eagle, the Contoocook Railroad Bridge looks interesting. Hopefully you can
show your model soon.

Stephen, I've heard of a "Stairway to heaven", never of a railway bridge to
heaven. Interesting concept.

Here are two more photos of my Titanic model. The 1st class entrance and gym are
done. Now it's time for the officer's quarters and the navigating bridge.

Cheers
Ton.

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