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Re: USS Duluth - Hull design innovation!
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lugnet.build.military
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Sun, 9 Mar 2003 22:36:10 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.build.military, Daniel Siskind writes:
> > Partially inspired by Mattias Mårtensson's USS Fletcher, and partly out of my
> > own curiosity to attempt a new ship-building technique, I threw together a 1/4
> > size version of the minifig scale Cleveland Class curiser I've been dreaming
> > about building (it's approx 1:152 scale as it is). Of greatest importance is
> > that I was able to successfully achieve the curve of the hull and deck without
> > any intrusive stepping of plates or bricks. On larger scale, I think this will
> > have an even better effect for flared bows, etc. I just started working on this
> > a week ago, but I'm pretty excited about it's progress and can't contain myself
> > any longer! I already have plans printed out for an even larger 1:128 scale
> > Iowa class battleship to work on next. This may be direction Brickmania's WW2
> > kits will be going for 2004. Watch out USS Constellation!
> >
> > Feedback is appreciated!
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> WOW! That is cool! I am suspecting that this technique won't work well for
> cargo ships, or other hulls that have a lot of bow curvature but for
> cruisers and destroyers which knife through the water it works really well.
I think it would tend to work better than SNOT for wider, more rounded
hulls; SNOT works well for narrow and pointy designs with a flattening
curve, but gets very 'stepped' if you try to widen the hull too much without
adding a *lot* of length.
This technique though, gives the possibility of generating curves which
aren't linked to plates per number of studs. And modern freighters tend to
have less vertical flare than warships. It has huge possibilities....
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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| (...) You'd probably have to use hinges along the hull to get the more rounded hulls, which would make the construction somewhat more complex. You can only bend LEGO so far.... I'd be interested to see Dan's ideas for big flared hulls though... (...) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military)
| | | Re: USS Duluth - Hull design innovation!
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| (...) Many container ships and tankers and suchlike are completely vertical, in fact when one looks down they look like rectangles with bows and sterns tacked on, it's not till well under the water line that you get curving inward to the keel. But (...) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: USS Duluth - Hull design innovation!
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| (...) WOW! That is cool! I am suspecting that this technique won't work well for cargo ships, or other hulls that have a lot of bow curvature but for cruisers and destroyers which knife through the water it works really well. Bravo for discovering (...) (22 years ago, 8-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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