hi,

"Ton" <ton### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Hi all,
> ...
> This is the last update this year.
> A merry Christmas everybody and all the best wishes for 2026!

now ringing the bell..  </grin>

and, in the spirit, a peaceful and productive year 2026 to you, Ton, and to you,
POV-Ray users everywhere.


regards, jr.

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"Ton" <ton### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> here is a in-between to show the progress of the poop deck.
> This is the last update this year.
> A merry Christmas everybody and all the best wishes for 2026!
>

Great progress, as always.
How about some water under the keel?
Don't know if the lines look good with your sky, but they could be a start.

plane {
<0,1,0>, 0
texture {
pigment { rgb <0.2, 0.2, 0.2> transmit 0}
normal { bumps 0.08 scale <1,0.35,0.35> turbulence 0.16 }
finish { ambient 0.05 diffuse 0.55 brilliance 6.0 phong 0.8 phong_size 120
reflection 0.6 }
}
translate <0,0, 0>
}

also best wishes to all for 2026.

ma

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"Ton" <ton### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Thanks for the Christmas present, Bald Eagle.

Always here to help, when I can.  :)

> I think your bell has more of a bell shape then mine.

I'm pretty sure that I traced out an actual naval bell.
(and from my own recent experiments with the Catmull-Rom spline, the "feel" of a
curve is very dependent on the type of spline that gets used for the sor/lathe)

> So you might see your bell hanging in Cutty Sark.

That would be a high honor.

> All the best sir.

And you as well,

- BE

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Poopdeck is finished.
It has Bald Eagle's bell, centre-stage.
Now onto the main deck houses. winches, fife rails.

Cheers
Ton

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"Ton" <ton### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Poopdeck is finished.
> It has Bald Eagle's bell, centre-stage.

Thank you, Ton.  It's looking good.
I like the upright that you mounted it on, and the way you got the bell rope to
drape from the striker onto the deck.

> Now onto the main deck houses. winches, fife rails.

Excellent.
Thank you as always for sharing your progress.

- BE

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Thanks BE,

here is specially for you a close-up.
In those days, the 1870s, they didn't mind making simple things a bit more
elaborate, even bell-stands.
The rope consists of capsules (sphere-cylinder-sphere union) with a rope-like
texture.

Cheers
Ton

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