ARH wrote:
I just had a look at your cad work, I see what you mean about the knuckels, Yes it would suit the large plate idea, like your cad work, even though my son is an instrement designer using cad, he would never show me how to do it, to much for his old dad to take in,
Ron,
I found CAD work was all enveloping, it was that and virtually nothing else, all my other hobbies went by the wayside, if all your into is CAD, rendering or game work then thats fine, if not then you soon become frustrated as to progress further you need to devote more time, seriously more time, I'd frequently do 18hr days, 12 at work, 6 on CAD, if off work then 15-18hrs just on CAD, I've even done stupid sessions, 24, 32 and one at 37hrs to meet a dead line, its a young mans game if you want to take it seriously, other wise its just dabbling
and thats all I do now, use it to visualize model work or to produce shapes for 3D printing for model making.
Anyway, some more progress today in the sun, finalized the full depth keel, cut the solid frames and inserted, not sure about frame 9, should have been solid but I think I'll keep the center partition under the deck and push the batteries under there, that way they wont slop around so much, not sure on that yet, will ponder that whilst I watch the Grand Prix this evening
. Hopefully last thing this evening affix the full depth keel to the main deck and let it set over night, at the moment the weight is very light so I may not need to drill lightening holes at all though still not sure what to do about access toward the rear of the vessel for prop tube insertion or rudder control, may well opt for full open frames back here and some holes in the deck for access. The current deck is not the final deck, there will be a curved thin ply added over this to represent the sloped decks on these vessels, so any holes in here are not much of an issue.
Enjoy
Michael
