Question for the naval design experts

Originally Posted by the_frog

@kendras: The HMS Warspite has models of the 45ft motor pinnace and the 45ft fast motorboat. You may consider to use them for the KGV

The 45ft fast boats don't seem to be accurate. Here a comparison between SH5 KGV + WoW fast boats, and a very detailed 3D model :

[the_frog]

Originally Posted by Kendras

The 45ft fast boats don't seem to be accurate. Here a comparison between SH5 KGV + WoW fast boats, and a very detailed 3D model :

The model of the 45ft fast motorboat is prefectly correct; the one on the right picture is a 45ft motor/diesel picket boat
Those picket boats were often used on modern British capital ships as Admiral's barge. Usually, only one was carried, along two 45ft fast motorboats. Many model plans on the market do not include the 45ft fast motorboat but only the 45ft motor picket boat.


Edit: The 45ft fast motor boat and picket boat shared the same hull. So, creating a model of the picket boat based on the motorboat model is possible ;-)

I have a question about Wings3D : would it be possible to resize several objects while keeping their relative position to each others, without being forced to do 3 different actions : combine them, resize and separate them again ?

And also : would it be possible to resize a model, while keeping centered on the origin (0) point ?

[the_frog]

Originally Posted by Kendras

I have a question about Wings3D : would it be possible to resize several objects while keeping their relative position to each others, without being forced to do 3 different actions : combine them, resize and separate them again ?

Mark the objects in question, switch to vertex mode, resize.

Originally Posted by Kendras

And also : would it be possible to resize a model, while keeping centered on the origin (0) point ?

No idea.

[Jeff-Groves]

I want the 1939 Langley!
How the heck do you DL them?

Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

I want the 1939 Langley!
How the heck do you DL them?

Hey ! I'm glad to see you ! It has been a while !

To download a model, click on the large square with a arrow and text "CKAHATb YDALEHHO", then in the next window wait for a few seconds until you have a new square with a arrow again with text "CKAHATb FAUL" and click on it to download.

[Jeff-Groves]

That never comes up for me.

Can you DL it and send it to me?

[the_frog]

Originally Posted by Kendras

To download a model, click on the large square with a arrow and text "CKAHATb YDALEHHO", then in the next window wait for a few seconds until you have a new square with a arrow again with text "CKAHATb FAUL" and click on it to download.

I use the button with the Union Jack on ... then reading becomes easier.

[gap]

Originally Posted by Kendras

I have a question about Wings3D : would it be possible to resize several objects while keeping their relative position to each others, without being forced to do 3 different actions : combine them, resize and separate them again ?

And also : would it be possible to resize a model, while keeping centered on the origin (0) point ?

Easy:
select all the objects you want to scale;
right click in the geometry window to make the contextual menu to pop up;
click on "scale uniform"using the right or middle mouse button;
select the point that you want your objects to be scaled from (it can be a single vertex, or an edge, a face or a group of faces/edges/faces, in which case Wings will calculate the scaling point as the median of the selected elements);
right click to confirm;
scale as usual (by dragging the mouse; tab button for numerical input)

Do you still need help with the Goliah unit?

Originally Posted by gap

Easy:
select all the objects you want to scale;
right click in the geometry window to make the contextual menu to pop up;
click on "scale uniform"using the right or middle mouse button;
select the point that you want your objects to be scaled from (it can be a single vertex, or an edge, a face or a group of faces/edges/faces, in which case Wings will calculate the scaling point as the median of the selected elements);
right click to confirm;
scale as usual (by dragging the mouse; tab button for numerical input)

Thank you. I've found another way to do it : select all sub-objects, choose vertices selection, right click and select absolute values for scaling. Then, I can choose 0 for every X Y Z for the center of rescaling.

Originally Posted by gap

Do you still need help with the Goliah unit?

Yes, I don't understand why SH3 is stuck when I launch a mission containing the new boat. Maybe it's the number "6" in the 3D model preview of S3D, I don't know what number to choose (0, 1, 6 ????) ...

Else, I have converted the russian destroyer Gremyashchy, but it doesn't appear in the list of sea units of the mission editor ... I have no luck today.

Preview :

 

I wonder if I can share this work with public, there may be copyrights.

Originally Posted by the_frog

The model of the 45ft fast motorboat is prefectly correct; the one on the right picture is a 45ft motor/diesel picket boat. [...] The 45ft fast motor boat and picket boat shared the same hull. So, creating a model of the picket boat based on the motorboat model is possible ;-)

The hulls of both ships don't seem identical. I will delete these boats from KGV, until you feel OK to model them. :-)

[the_frog]

Originally Posted by Kendras

The hulls of both ships don't seem identical. I will delete these boats from KGV, until you feel OK to model them. :-)

Do we mean the same things? The of boat/ship is the body that sits in the water ... the parts on top of it the superstructure. The hulls of the 45ft fast motor boat and 45ft motor picket boat had slightly different bows but the rest was pretty much same. The superstructures, however, were much different.

I am not planing to model a British capitol ship and so I won't model any of the respective boats. So, you either stay with the 45ft fast motor boat or with the generic SH5 boats