Syren Ship Model Company News, Updates and Info.....(part 2)

[Nirvana]

6 hours ago, Chuck said:

Lantern test in 3 sizes....

 

3/16" scale and 1/4" scale and one size in between.

 

19mm, 23mm and 27 mm tall without any crank. Top to bottom.  That isnt a really big dime so you can imagine how thin those individual window frames are on the sides of the lanterns.   No clear glass insert yet.  But that test is coming. 

 

 

 

Any possibility of flickering led lights inside?

 

[Chuck]

Not from me but yes you can easily add that.  There is plenty of room and a hole through the bottom for wiring.  You just have to use a hollow tube for the crank.

 

chuck

[Chuck]

Here is a look at my new 3d printed toggles used on a fighting top to secure the blocks under it.  This photo shows I believe 3 sizes of toggles being used and I think they look great.  
 

A big thanks to Greg Herbert who is using them on a commission model and sent me his progress photo.  
 

 

[Venti]

On 5/19/2025 at 6:29 PM, Chuck said:

ugh.  Repeat.

Hey! A little late but thought I could suggest a phone app that counts objects in a picture. I've seen quite a few different ones like CountThings or CountThis. I haven't looked into them at all but could be a good alternative to manually counting. 

[Gregory]

9 minutes ago, Venti said:

Hey! A little late but thought I could suggest a phone app that counts objects in a picture. I've seen quite a few different ones like CountThings or CountThis. I haven't looked into them at all but could be a good alternative to manually counting. 

How does it deal with two or more objects touching each other?  If you have to separate them, you might as well go ahead and count them.😁

[Venti]

12 minutes ago, Gregory said:

23 minutes ago, Venti said:

 

How does it deal with two or more objects touching each other?

 

It's going to depend on how good the "template" is for the thing being counted. I just downloaded CountThis and tried it a bit. They have a bunch of prebuilt templates for random things. I tried the "similar items outstanding from background" one with the picture Chuck posted of the thimbles and it counted them all plus an extra invisible one 🤣 but that template is "experimental". I then got some ibuprofen out and used the pill counter template and it did perfect. I even had some on the sides to try to trick it. Picture result below. The experiment template didn't do very well and clumped them together. That said, this app was the first I saw and tried. It doesn't seem like it will let you create your own template but I'm sure theres a more open source one out there somewhere.

 

[Chuck]

I almost forgot.  I have one more Cheerful starter package still on my site for immediate purchase should anyone want it sooner than later.

 

Chuck