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Re: USS Fletcher for public display
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lugnet.build.military
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Sat, 10 Nov 2001 00:47:42 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.build.military, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> **snip of some better-informed comments than I'm able to make**
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> > My only suggestion would be for you to consider going back and
> > rendering the forward hull as SNOT--pixellation is the only thing
> > that detracts from such a dashing ship. I don't know, however,
> > if you have enough grey tile to avoid the pain in the keester
> > that would be plating the whole side studs-out.
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> Speaking of which, how do you plot/plan the sweep of the hull? I've done
> some practice bits but I can never approximate the curves well; they always
> come out somewhere between a basic parabola and a basic V. What's the
> secret? Or do you just look at a hull plan and build to match?
Hi, Demanding Dave! ;)
Really, I plan out the curve on the carpet, and build to match.
But there's also some smoothing involved, making sure that there's
some kind of relationship between the angle and the rate of change.
I'm hoping to get into frame-by-frame construction, but that hasn't
happened just yet.
I think the HMAS Australia prow pattern Richard showed off a few
months back is a similar concept--a proxy frame. I don't use a
frame, but I do render something to follow before I go whole-hog.
best
LFB
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| (...) Hey, that reminds me ... Actually, I've been working on frame-by-frame construction for my S-boat. I've completed the 20 main ribs, and am in the process of flushing out the contours between them. It's actually pretty satisfying, given that (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: USS Fletcher for public display
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| In lugnet.build.military, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes: **snip of some better-informed comments than I'm able to make** (...) Speaking of which, how do you plot/plan the sweep of the hull? I've done some practice bits but I can never approximate (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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