Tim,
   I had a chance to tour the USS Constellation in Baltimore last fall. The
deck planks ranged from light gray to almost white and if I remember right,
the grain was fairly long, tight and straight, very much what you might
expect
from old growth wood. I don't know if the current deck used oak or some
other wood. Also, the peg pattern of the decking doesn't seem right either,
but I have a number of references at home that discuss a variety of deck
planking schemes, so who can tell for sure. Otherwise, your model is
looking great. Are you going to add the ropes to the cannon as well ? If
so, if you can get to a real ship such as the Constellation, all the
better. There seems to be a lot involved to rigging these guns.

Keep up the good work,
Chris Holtorf


"Tim McMurdo" <jod### [at] wohrrcom> wrote:
> This model is a test platform that I use for developing new methods,
> textures, etc. for the Niagara. I find that it is much faster to do my
> development on this limited platfom first and then transport the code into
> the larger Niagara files.
>
> Today's test is for a new plank macro using the isowood.inc files. I have
> mixed feelings about the oak texture of the wood. I read in all of the
> books about the gleaming white decks on naval sailing ships. Evidently they
> were scrubbed daily with holly stones to clean them and make them white.
> However, on the sailing ships I have actually visited, all the decks are
> weathered grey. If there are any knowledgeable sailors out there, I would
> love to know what color they should be. Do we just nolonger scrub decks
> with stones and leave them to weather? How light in color should the
> texture be?
>
> The loops of rope on the belaying pins are from a previous test, so please
> pay them no attention.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim

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