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It really seems that my idea of using simplified 3D models to compare ships is not that bad. Look at this picture of two French ships being modelled in AC3D : on the left the protected cruiser "Lavoisier" completed in 1898, on the right the frigate "Surcouf" completed in 1996. The two ships have a completely different physical "presence" that you can't feel in reference books. Moreover, the "Lavoisier" is (will, as I still have to add eight 3 pdrs among other things) bristling with guns even if it has not even a single rangefinder, whereas "Surcouf"'s main armament (her Exocet launchers, her helicopter and her sensors) is hardly visible.
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I think that's a great idea. There's a lot you can get out of 3D, especially side-by-sides, that you just don't get even from looking at photos. I know there are many researchers interested in recreating historical objects and landmarks as a teaching aid, like the Rome Reborn project. There's a certain perspective you get from being able to turn it around, examine it, and especially view it close up / 1:1 that is difficult to experience in other ways.
I think you also learn a lot about the object from the process of building. The amount of research it takes to model something accurately is signficant, and I feel that you discover so many details you would have never noticed if you were merely examining it without trying to recreate it. I think your ship project is absolutely fascinating! |
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What your doing for ships, I'm doing for Fokker aircraft of WWI. My recent trip to Germany has given me a huge simulation project, of whihc the Fokker V1 shown http://www.inivis.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5302 is an example.
I now have more documents from the period to model the buildings across the Schwerin-Gorries airfield that Fokker used from 1913-1918.
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Thanks to both of you.
I will say that the research needed to produce an "acceptable" 3D object (because you cannot be really satisfied ; when it is over, you keep thinking "I should have done this or that in another way") is one of the most fascinating aspects of the job. Thierry |
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I agree, doing the Fokker V1 from just some photos is quite a challange. But the end result will be the best understanding we can get, as no aircraft exists today.
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