Amerigo Vespucci by DanielD - OcCre - 1:100

[DanielD]

47 minutes ago, Bill97 said:

Daniel I spend a lot of time perusing your build to get inspiration and ideas. I am curious, maybe fascinated, by this floor. What did you do to make it?  Looks so similar to the original on the ship. 

Good morning Bill. This is not included in the OcCre kit. I made it by using laser cut 1mm square prefab grating that I purchased from a company in Canada along with a bunch of very small wood pulleys so that I could make the AM specific running rigging pin racks. I’ll try to remember to take a picture of the packaging when I get home. Great product but very fragile due to the small size. 

[DanielD]

Bill, here is the 4mm wood sheaves and the 0.4 mm x 0.4 mm x 30mm square grid material that I’ve used all over the ship. Places on the deck, on the floor in the bridge, the floor of the sky bridge, and the captain’s deck at the stern.

 

https://falconet-mfg.com/collection/rustery?lang=en
 

 

 

 

[Bill97]

Thank you Daniel. I will give it a look. 

[Bill97]

Daniel I made an interesting discovery. LED lights are brighter viewed from the top rather than the side. I researched this a little and found it is definitely true. This will add a degree of complexity to my lighting plan if I want uniform brightness. My plan for the side portholes is to mount the LEDs horizontally close to where the port hole will be. This will give maximum brightness through the port hole. However for the deck structure interior lights, that will be on the same circuit(s) using diodes, my plan was to mount them vertical in the deck inside the structures. This plan results in dimmer light shining through the windows and portholes compared to what eventually will shine through the hull portholes. So if I want uniform brightness I will need to mount them horizontal as well