Having completed the installation of the first deck (you will see it in the next post...), I am faced with a problem I have already faced but never fully resolved: the reproduction of nails on the planking.
I had already addressed this problem when building the Victory and had come to the conclusion of doing nothing, that is, leaving the finished planking without simulating nails.
The choice took the following elements into account:
1. It is reasonable to assume that the heads of the nails used to fasten the deck planks had a diameter no greater than 2 cm.
2. On a scale like that of the Victory (1:78), this would have meant creating points 0.25 mm wide.
3. The various models photographed on the forum do not convince me in this respect, as the presence of the nail simulation, in my opinion, makes the decks appear less realistic, as the points are too large.
I therefore think I will follow this approach also for the current yard, as a 1:84 scale would require even smaller points.
I would however like to have your opinions, thanks.
I had already addressed this problem when building the Victory and had come to the conclusion of doing nothing, that is, leaving the finished planking without simulating nails.
The choice took the following elements into account:
1. It is reasonable to assume that the heads of the nails used to fasten the deck planks had a diameter no greater than 2 cm.
2. On a scale like that of the Victory (1:78), this would have meant creating points 0.25 mm wide.
3. The various models photographed on the forum do not convince me in this respect, as the presence of the nail simulation, in my opinion, makes the decks appear less realistic, as the points are too large.
I therefore think I will follow this approach also for the current yard, as a 1:84 scale would require even smaller points.
I would however like to have your opinions, thanks.
