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| Daniel |
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 Registered Member #4454 Joined: Sun Jul 13 2014, 02:05amPosts: 9 | Hi, Ive recently had a look at the Batteau plans after i came to the decision to temporarily stop my plan to build a french schooner in order to gather some more experience first. The Batteau looks nice and still doable at 1:36 yet i think i have found a little problem. The plans state that the frames are 1/8inch/ 3,2mm wide, yet from actualy measuring i get a width of 3,8mm. While half a milimetre at 1:24 isn't that much of a problem, at the reduced scale of 1:36 i now either have the choice of 2mm wide wood or 2,5mm wide wood (for practical reasons neither the more accurate 2,13mm nor 2,53mm are viable) and i need to know what i should use. Thanks in advance, Daniel | ||
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| Bob H. |
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 Registered Member #624 Joined: Mon Jan 11 2010, 07:32pmPosts: 59 | Hi Daniel, I'm not familiar with the particular ship that you're referring to, but in my experience, if I can't fit the wood to the plans, I fit the plans to the wood by upscaling them slightly or downscaling them, which ever is the lesser of the two evils. The only other alternative is to use CAD and redesign the drawings in CAD to work for the available wood which could end up being a lot more work than having them rescanned and printed at the slightly larger or smaller scale. Take care, Bob [ Edited Wed Sep 23 2015, 09:54pm ] | ||
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| Winston |
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winston   Registered Member #1 Joined: Sat Jun 13 2009, 02:08pmPosts: 2408 | Another thought that might have something to do with what you are experiencing. When you print the drawings from the PDF printer screen are you printing them at "Actual"? or "Fit to Page"? If you select fit to page you might get a different result than you are expecting. You can also experience minor printing variations from printer to printer. That being said, the Batteau came in varying sizes and shapes so you have some leeway to do as you please (i.e. follow Bob's suggestion). | ||
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| twintrow |
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| Registered Member #121 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 04:41amPosts: 436 | Daniel: You might also want to make your garboard plank a little wider. Then use the closest plank you have to the proper thickness on all other planks. That way you only need to scratch build two planks...L and R garboards. You will need to do a little math to determine the garboards size. | ||
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