[REL] Kriegsmarine Wiz-Wheel templates released!

[joegrundman]

Do you mean something like this? (It's draggable too)

[ichso]

Originally Posted by joegrundman

Do you mean something like this? (It's draggable too)

Is that avaiblable ingame ? Sometimes I think I have to look closer at stuff...

[don1reed]

Museum quality, Hitman and Puster Bill.

All the best.

[Puster Bill]

Originally Posted by don1reed

Museum quality, Hitman and Puster Bill.

All the best.

I'm just an idiot that can print stuff and use a pair of scissors. Hitman is the real artist.

[joegrundman]

Ichso: "Is that avaiblable ingame ? Sometimes I think I have to look closer at stuff..."

No it's not already available in game, i just put it there on the mission status screen which i use for testing as it's such an unimportant page in other respects

[ichso]

Originally Posted by joegrundman

Ichso: "Is that avaiblable ingame ? Sometimes I think I have to look closer at stuff..."

No it's not already available in game, i just put it there on the mission status screen which i use for testing as it's such an unimportant page in other respects

Ah, thanks
I thought it was one of those pull down pages in the upper left corner of the nav map screen. The screenshot looked like this only not on the nav map

[joegrundman]

Yes, that's how it works. I put it in the game as a pull-down page, but the resolution isn't good enough for use yet.

[klh]

Hitman,

Just wanted to say thanks, and to show you the final result. It's really no different than Puster Bill's except for the nut/bolt used for the axle, and I used a thermal laminator (laminated the clear pieces twice for rigidity).

Front:



Back:



Now to practice using it...

[Kanelglass]

Ahoy there. I'm very new to card stock(never used it before). How does it work ? do you feed the printer with card stock instead of paper ? What kind of card stock do you use ? Link please. Do I need a special printer for printing card stock ? I found a guide how to print onto card stock but it never says anything about the printer, though it looks like a normal one. Please forgive me for being lazy, I don't know where to start

[klh]

Originally Posted by Kanelglass

Ahoy there. I'm very new to card stock(never used it before). How does it work ? do you feed the printer with card stock instead of paper ? What kind of card stock do you use ? Link please. Do I need a special printer for printing card stock ? I found a guide how to print onto card stock but it never says anything about the printer, though it looks like a normal one. Please forgive me for being lazy, I don't know where to start

Kanelglass,

I can't speak for your printer, but most will take plain cardstock just fine. I use an HP Inkjet, and we make all our birthday cards at home with it using plain cardstock (just extra thick paper really).

I also printed the clear bits on acetate, otherwise known as overhead transparency film. It helps to tell the printer in the options what type of paper/film you are using so it adjusts the amount of ink to use.

Give it a try, and let us know the results.

[Hitman]

Cheers klh....nice work!

I see you also have a customized recognition manual, with quick tabs for the vessel classes

[klh]

Originally Posted by Hitman

I see you also have a customized recognition manual, with quick tabs for the vessel classes

Did that one ages ago. I prefer working with hard copy instead of having everything on the screen; it adds to the realism (that and the red light bulb ).

I print out my flight plan and charts with flight sim too. What a geek!

[jmr]

That turned out very nicely, klh. I'm curious though, for the hole in the center, what did you use to make it? I found that when I drilled a hole in the cardstock it would affect the accuracy of the wheel (lines not lining up with other lines) but if I kept it simple and used a pushpin with cork on the reverse side, accuracy of the wheels wouldn't be affected.

[klh]

Originally Posted by jmr

That turned out very nicely, klh. I'm curious though, for the hole in the center, what did you use to make it? I found that when I drilled a hole in the cardstock it would affect the accuracy of the wheel (lines not lining up with other lines) but if I kept it simple and used a pushpin with cork on the reverse side, accuracy of the wheels wouldn't be affected.

I drilled it very carefully. First I used an awl to poke a small hole at the centerpoint printed on each card. Then I drilled through at slow speed taking care to stay on the centerpoint. I think the key is taking your time (the same is true for cutting out the cards - I was never that good at cutting in kindergarten).

But you are right, there is a slight offset on a couple of the cards (< 1mm) that does affect the accuracy by a degree. If I had to do it over again (which I might if I build the US version for SH4), I would probably use a drill press and fasten the card to the bench before drilling.

I considered using a pushpin, but I preferred the nut/bolt option so that I could tighten it easily as it wears (I used a nylon locking nut).

[Puster Bill]

Excellent work klh. Mine isn't as nice as yours (and currently is all bent up from being shoved in a drawer!).