RE: [OFFICIAL] Progress report from the shipyard......

BTW, my Japanese mega fleet arrived today (more shipping praise for GZG
- I
ordered them Thursday or Friday (I forget) and the arrived Wednesday in
the
mail. They are as cool as their pictures seemed.

Large, threatening, and now I just need to finalize my paint scheme...

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
[mailto:owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU]On Behalf Of K.H.Ranitzsch
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 12:57 AM
To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [OFFICIAL] Progress report from the shipyard......

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ground Zero Games" <jon@gzg.keme.co.uk>
>
> Spheres are a REAL pain in metal, especially once they get over about
an
> inch in diameter, because that's about how thick the moulds we use are
-
> hence any part has to be less than that in at least one dimension.
Even if
> hollow, each hemisphere is restricted in this way.

Assuming two 1" hemispheres and an equatorial ring ( 1 cm ) , this
brings
you to about 6 cm total diameter. That would be about cruiser size ? So
perhaps OK for a minor power's ships.

For bigger designs, you could do linked spheres, like the SOL:
http://www.perry-rhodan.net/html/s/sol.html

Greetings
Karl Heinz