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You MUST MUST MUST be ABSOLUTELY sure you are placing points, ends of curves etc EXACTLY where YOU want them. To to this proficiently, you must understand the snap and constraint functions. Best practise is to turn off all the snap functions except ONLY the one you need for that particular...

Hey, thanks Gil, never realised you could do that. See, you never stop learning! And yes, Rhino is just excellent! The more you use it the better it gets! I think I'll stop right there.... Tim P

I'd rather export the surface (select it so it goes yellow), as an ai file. Make sure you are in a view loking straight down on the surface. You don't have to 'fill the view' as an ai file is a vector format and it will be exported in real dimensions ( you have some control exactly how the...

Maurice, thanks for that! I stand enlightened.... Tim P PS I must have switched my own 'Ironomatic' plug-in off somehow.....

Maurice, thanks for that! I stand enlightened.... Tim P PS I must have switched my own 'Ironomatic' plug-in off somehow.....

USS Oregon? Never heard of her...... What did she do, then? Mike, I ordered Onslow right then! Thanks indeed from a grateful Brit!! Tim P

USS Oregon? Never heard of her...... What did she do, then? Mike, I ordered Onslow right then! Thanks indeed from a grateful Brit!! Tim P

Kevin, did you print it out at 100% size? If the image was an A4 size, you will loose some image as you described. You can either let your printer rescale the image to fit the paper you are using (Letter size) in which case you model will be a bit small (about 90% original, or thereabouts) OR...

No, Leif, I told you to slap me! I should have been paying attention earlier. I agree, the amount of info that comes out of these discussions is fantastic. I might even have a go at bitmap editing myself sometime! Ah well, back to my Arizona... Tim P

Leif, thanks for the slap! I feel much better now. :D I will go read the Moire stuff right now. Tim P

Just to throw another spanner in the works, and slap me hard if you already mentioned this before, but what about interference between the printed (offset litho) spot of colour on the original printed paper, the scanning resolution, any scaling by changing the number of pixels involved, and...

Wonderful! Reminded me about that old poem, Cargoes, by John Masefield. I did a quick google... http://www.johnpendray.com/dirtybritishcoaster.html Here is the poem http://www.thevalkyrie.com/stories/sagas/cargoes.txt Tim P

Hey OldSalt, looks like I am following in your wake! Interesting to see you found a couple of the same glitches as me, I was going to drop Roman a line but maybe he'll pick them up here. I have to say everything otherwise has fitted like a dream. Back to the shipyard, Tim P

Barry, I wish!!! Being basically bone-idle, if it isn't going to be seen, it is usually as rough as a badgers rough bits... But thanks for the thought! I've been hard at work this weekend, web page update here http://www.kipperboxes.co.uk/html/uss_arizona.html and onto the next page. Click...

Thanks Gil, I'll try that. Progress on my Arizona at http://www.kipperboxes.co.uk/html/uss_arizona.html It is big, isn't it!? Tim P

I did try to print full colour images onto plastic sheet, but there was just too much ink (even on economy settings) and it pooled together into droplets. Made a right mess! I have got some stuff from www.inkaid.com which I must ty out. It is supposed to put an inkjet receptive finish on...

http://www.kipperboxes.co.uk/html/uss_arizona.html You know the old saying, if you can't beat them... Of course, knowing me it will never get finished. But my wife did remark, paper modelling doesn't smell bad, sound bad, make loads of dust, or cost much money. Sounded pretty close to...

Cheat??!! What do you mean, CHEAT??!! This is just a very neat solution to a very awkward problem! Otherwise, you have the awful dilemma, do I make squiffy railings out of thread and glue, do I lash out a bunch of money on etchings, or do I just leave the railings (depth charge racks, aerials...

Tirta, check out the www.fiskars.com website, it has a 'where are you in the world' so you can find a distributor near where you live. I just bought a pair (see, said I would!) in my local Hobbycraft shop. The code number on the pack is 2921, but they look exactlly like to pair Gil showed on...

Greg, no, not that range. These were much smaller, and from the days before computers!! I will ask on one of the plastic modelling forums to see if anyone else remembers them. Tim P