The finished result looks neat! I guess the original scanned PDF file wasn't 1/144 scale either, if yours turned out at 1/239 from just mirroring and fixing the hull. I didn't really scale anything either, the difference between the original scanned PDF and mine is just from the printer margins, and I do use ISO A4 paper, so that's a factor as well so it will probably be a bit different from yours too. But it looks a nice size for the model, and an exact scale is probably not all that important for most people (if it is, some basic math will help people figure out the needed print scale after measuring a test print of part A once and looking up the real size of the Monitor ;o) greetz ninjatoes
On Friday, August 9, 2013 1:50:45 PM UTC+2, DougT wrote: > <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/TomCotton/monitor2_zpsd044a242.png> > Yep, I noticed that error when I downloaded the model. I used Paint Shop > Pro to copy the good section of the hull and then manipulated it to fit at > the place where the error was. I then cleaned it up before I printed it on > to USLtr size paper. The scale turns out to be around 1/239. The attached > photo is my build of the model. I included all of the parts. There are > options to make it a waterline or full hull model, to have the gun ports > closed or open with the barrels showing, and to not have the vents on the > after part sticking up. It is a nice, simple model. > > > On Thursday, August 8, 2013 5:26:00 AM UTC-5, ninjatoes wrote: >> >> There was a papercraft model of the US Civil War ironclad U.S.S. Monitor >> on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration website, but it >> seemed like something went wrong during the scanning process of the >> original templates, because an important part of the hull got cut off: >> >> >> http://ninjatoes.blogspot.com/2013/08/papercraft-us-civil-war-ironclad-uss.html:o( >> >> >> >> I gave it a go to try and fix the parts (by simply mirroring part of the >> hull to make it whole again, and touching up some other small issues like >> on the stand) and then I sent them my new PDF file. And apparantly they >> liked it, because they uploaded it to their website to replace the faulty >> file now! >> >> >> >> I have to admit that I didn't test my fixes myself though, but I reckoned >> the model is pretty much symmetrical, so it should all fit...! ;o) >> >> And because of my printer margins in making the PDF file, it might not be >> exactly scale 1:144 anymore (not sure?) but it's still a good size of >> course!) >> >> >> >> Here's the website with the Monitor paper model (scroll down a bit and >> click the two links under "Monitor paper model": >> >> http://monitor.noaa.gov/150th/students.html >> >> >> >> greetz ninjatoes >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
