Topic: Channel Queen - the continuation... (Read 47839 times)

clanky · « **Reply #100 on:** September 08, 2011, 14:12:45 »

Quote from: The Ferry Man on September 06, 2011, 14:17:11

Older ships did, and some Cruise ships, but I think regulations are kind of against wooden decks :/

Shame cause they look great

They have a metal deck and I think in fact are moving to a kind of rubbery sticky deck

Looking good.

Wooden decks are disappearing more due to cost issues than regulations. They do look good, but they are expensive to fit, they take a lot of maintenance and the steel deck below them is prone to corrosion.

I think what you are talking about with the rubbery deck is an epoxy resin coating, these are available in various colours, they go on really thick like a resin rather than paint so they don't need to be replaced for years, they cut down on the cost of paint and on time spent on maintenance, they are probably cheaper over the long term than painting, but as they are initially quite expensive most shipping comapnies take the usual short sighted view of not having enough cash in the build budget to pay for it.

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #101 on:** September 08, 2011, 14:23:08 »

Hmm maybe

I was thinking it looks more like a rubber mat - I am sure the Maersk D/D Seaways have them)

Thanks

clanky · « **Reply #102 on:** September 08, 2011, 14:28:50 »

Hmmmm, not sure. We used to use a non slip coating on ramps etc, but to be honest it was rubbish and expensive; and we generally ended up welding chevrons to the deck when it fell off.

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #103 on:** September 08, 2011, 15:33:46 »

OK Funnel

What do you think of my Funnel Pipes texture?

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #104 on:** September 08, 2011, 16:12:08 »

Also

Does this look OK, some rust/scratch marks where the Anchor rubs as it is dragged in?

The Ferry King · « **Reply #105 on:** September 08, 2011, 16:50:07 »

where you trying to make something like this?

Your Texture looks very nice but not very clear to see what it is..

And the funnel pipes look great!
But are they meant to be all different sizes and positions?

danny · « **Reply #106 on:** September 08, 2011, 17:08:10 »

Your going to have a boat load of backfaces to flip...
Great ship BTW, you should consider getting someone to covert her to the "other" game, and then make her exclusivly avaible on this forum!
Apologises for my spelling, I seem to be full of caffine, which is making my hands go crazy on the keyboard!

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #107 on:** September 08, 2011, 17:08:54 »

The rust texture was supposed to be where the anchor rubs up and down

yeah different pipes sizes in different positions

Backfaces Danny?

danny · « **Reply #108 on:** September 08, 2011, 20:05:18 »

Backfaces, ya-know, the other side of the polygon that sketchup renders but games don't. In sketchup pink normally means theres a backface, and that boat of yours seems to have more pink than A teen Spambot room!

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #109 on:** September 08, 2011, 20:07:51 »

Ahh

nope all my faces are the right way round - my backfaces are a blue-grey colour

clanky · « **Reply #110 on:** September 08, 2011, 22:03:12 »

Quote from: The Ferry King on September 08, 2011, 16:50:07

And the funnel pipes look great!
But are they meant to be all different sizes and positions?

A ferry would normally have either 4 main engines, 2 diesel generators and at least one (occasionally 2) boilers, or 2 main engines, 3 or 4 diesel generators and boilers, as well as an incinerator so yes the pipes would all be different sizes.

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #111 on:** September 09, 2011, 19:47:19 »

Update: the beta-class (Mk 2) texture is near complete - just got to make some nice looking door textures...

(Mk 1 was the original red hull)

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #112 on:** September 09, 2011, 23:42:51 »

dexter7 · « **Reply #113 on:** September 09, 2011, 23:44:01 »

thanks for new wall paper!

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #114 on:** September 09, 2011, 23:44:28 »

No problem

dexter7 · « **Reply #115 on:** September 09, 2011, 23:53:49 »

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #116 on:** September 10, 2011, 09:29:09 »

Complete with an excellent bow rudder; no doubt modelled specifically at the request of Clanky!

clanky · « **Reply #117 on:** September 10, 2011, 17:06:24 »

Quote from: Stuart2007 on September 10, 2011, 09:29:09

Complete with an excellent bow rudder; no doubt modelled specifically at the request of Clanky!

You know how I love to have as many moving parts as possible in the water, my ideal ship would be a single, fixed pitch, propeller, a single, non flap type rudder (situated in the correct place at the blunt end), no stabilisers, no thrusters and a 15 year anti-fouling paint coating. I might stretch to allowing bilge keels, but that would be it!

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #118 on:** September 10, 2011, 18:02:21 »

Quote from: clanky on September 10, 2011, 17:06:24

You know how I love to have as many moving parts as possible in the water, my ideal ship would be a single, fixed pitch, propeller, a single, non flap type rudder (situated in the correct place at the blunt end), no stabilisers, no thrusters and a 15 year anti-fouling paint coating. I might stretch to allowing bilge keels, but that would be it!

Are you referring to a specific vessel there perchance?

clanky · « **Reply #119 on:** September 10, 2011, 18:04:33 »

Oh dear god, it sounds like the zzzzzzzzz.......

But no, I wasn't and the zzzzzzzzzz had too many propellers and no-one ever got to find out how long the anti-fouling would have lasted.

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #120 on:** September 10, 2011, 18:07:02 »

Quote from: clanky on September 10, 2011, 18:04:33

Oh dear god, it sounds like the zzzzzzzzz.......

But no, I wasn't and the zzzzzzzzzz had too many propellers and no-one ever got to find out how long the anti-fouling would have lasted.

No, I realised you'd not inflict "that" ship on us. I was wondering about the "floating museum" as you called it.

clanky · « **Reply #121 on:** September 11, 2011, 07:52:55 »

Oh right, the museum has 2 CP propellers, 2 rudders, 2 thrusters and 2 stabilisers, all of which are 30 years old and rattle a bit, it's almost like a recipe for having to dry dock the bloody thing every 5 minutes.

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #122 on:** September 12, 2011, 11:47:30 »

Clanky is going to love me for this...

Would be any advantages to fitting a Becker rudder instead of the "normal" rudder she has now...?

The Ferry King · « **Reply #123 on:** September 12, 2011, 15:50:23 »

this thing?

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #124 on:** September 12, 2011, 15:51:58 »

Bit like that

its a rudder with a extra flap at the end to give more turn

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