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Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
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Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
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Lightning by von stetina - 1/96 - extreme clipper
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Lightning by von stetina - 1/96 - extreme clipper
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Staghound 1850 by rwiederrich - 1/96 - Extreme Clipper
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Colchester Smack by Colin B
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Colchester Smack by Colin B
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SS Blagoev ex-Songa 1921 by Valeriy V - scale 1:100 - Soviet Union
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HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by Erik W - 1:48 scale
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HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by Erik W - 1:48 scale
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Is it possible to create a 3D rendering from a photo image?
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Is it possible to create a 3D rendering from a photo image?
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Jmiba, can you suggest a good tutorial to use to get started 3D modelling ships in Blender? There are way too many on Youtube to choose from!
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Thanks Terry, Jmiba and CCClarke for your replies. Interesting insights! I'll give it a crack and see how far I get.
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Is it possible to create a 3D rendering from a photo image?
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Is it possible to create a 3D rendering from a photo image?
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Donald McKays GGGGreat Grandson
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Hmmm. Methinks I haven't explained myself very clearly! I'll try again. The idea was to create a sketched 3D rendering of the hull, using the photos to get the shape approximately right, then use the clever ability of the 3D software to view the resulting 3D shape from the same viewpoint as the photographer who took the picture and overlay the rendering onto the picture. Kind of like the beautiful 3D rendering of the the pearling lugger PENGUIN (see below, done by a real Naval Architect, not me!) but much simpler. Any discrepancies between the rendering and the photo could then be noted and adjusted, until the two aligned perfectly. Yes? No? It won't work for the underwater shape, of course, but should be possible for everything above the waterline.
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She's fairly typical for that period and that location. A lot of the early luggers were remarkably small. A surprising number were built overseas, in both Singapore and Hong Kong, and also in New Zealand. I guess Hong Kong isn't much further from Darwin than Sydney is! I think you could certainly use some of the plans already in existence as a starting point, then use the photos to refine them. There was a wider range of shapes and styles of pearling luggers than most people appreciate, and the point would be to create a series of small waterline models that illustrated that range of diversity. Yet another project for the future! 🙄
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Welcome! There is a very active group of Donal McKay enthusiasts posting on MSW. The most recent thread is about STAGHOUND, but the masterpiece is the research they have done on GLORY OF THE SEAS. You have a lot of enjoyable reading ahead of you!
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I'm wondering if it's possible to generate a 3D rendering from a good photo that would enable an accurate waterline model to be built from the resulting plans. Let me explain... 😀, using the two images below as a live example. They show two consecutive views of a small pearling lugger that operated from Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia, named PETREL. An interesting little boat, it was built in 1898 in Hong Kong, by the Whampoa Dock Company Ltd, and was then shipped (unrigged) to Darwin as deck cargo on a steamship. PETREL was registered, so we also have two accurate dimensions to apply to the photo as scale, namely "Length from forepart of stem beneath bowsprit to aft side of head of sternpost = 39 feet"; and "Main breadth to outside of plank = 11 feet". Using these, would it be possibly to draw an approximate plan for a waterline model, then make a 3D rendering that could be overlaid onto the photo so that it is being viewed from exactly the same angle. then adjust the initial plan so that it perfectly matches the photo? This would then allow all the other visible details to be added in, at which point you would have a reasonably accurate plan for a waterline model. I've tinkered with 2D CAD (without much success!) but I'm amazed at what people can create with the 3D software now available. It seems to open up all sorts of possibilities.
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La Lomellina by Louie da fly - scale 1:100 - Theoretical Reconstruction of a Genoese carrack sunk in 1516
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La Lomellina by Louie da fly - scale 1:100 - Theoretical Reconstruction of a Genoese carrack sunk in 1516
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You're not the only one loving this Steven. Your research is fascinating, as always, and the info on the early ships guns is so interesting!
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Valeriy, perhaps this can be our next project together after I finish the pearling luggers book!
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Stunning. Although I think it needs a bit of grease on it. 😀
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That is a work of art Valeriy. Really extraordinary detail. Thanks for sharing it with us!
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Lovely work on that propeller. Now all it needs is a bit of tuning to ensure there isn't too much vibration when it's turning at normal revs....
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I second that motion!
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Congratulations on your focus and tenacity across such a long build. The finished model looks superb. All the more impressive that it's been achieved at 1/160 scale.
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I didn't seal the ends, it was already dry when I got it and it's been kept dry ever since. If it's a fungal stain I think it will be long dead by now, it doesn't seem to have softened the wood. I'll certainly try to quarter saw as much as possible, it doesn't look like it will be a problem to do so. I ended up gluing the block to an offcut of fibreboard, using Weldbond, which is pretty strong. This made it easy to run the block through the saw. For the longer pieces, still to come, I'll use the same technique but I think I'll make a slightly heavier sled using thin ply as the base, and glue a hefty block of pine as a butt stop at the rear of the workpiece to give it more support going into the blade.
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