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22 Jun 2008 12:03 #31
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Yeah true!! You just can't keep away from us all can you!!!
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22 Jun 2008 12:37 #32
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Too right, Deer Park, and Trenoon were devastated by St Mawgans contruction, I guess something felt up and down the country.
Trebelzue on the other hand only took up farm land.
St Mawgan was a difficult land requistion due to some high profile labd owners.
Re doing circles immagine the existing circle is in a box, start your new circle (or elipse) in the top left corner of the box and work right and down.
Anyway, here it is with curves!
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mawganmad,
The overlay on the 1930's map really shows the disruption to the local community. Something you don't appreciate on the modern maps.
Peter
Too right, Deer Park, and Trenoon were devastated by St Mawgans contruction, I guess something felt up and down the country.
Trebelzue on the other hand only took up farm land.
St Mawgan was a difficult land requistion due to some high profile labd owners.
Re doing circles immagine the existing circle is in a box, start your new circle (or elipse) in the top left corner of the box and work right and down.
Anyway, here it is with curves!
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22 Jun 2008 13:24 #33
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mawganmad,
How long did it take you to do? It looks very good.
The thing is, I can't decide is how much extra to add. They always look good with fields and farms but that takes time. I will try my hand at the lands map of Gaydon to see how quick it can be. The original is really a sketch over the 1909 OS map but it might be fun.
Peter
How long did it take you to do? It looks very good.
The thing is, I can't decide is how much extra to add. They always look good with fields and farms but that takes time. I will try my hand at the lands map of Gaydon to see how quick it can be. The original is really a sketch over the 1909 OS map but it might be fun.
Peter
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22 Jun 2008 14:39 #34
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I did that this morning.
Can be endless if you want it to be, or decide your cut off and stick to that.
The pic I posted is the 1945 layout of the airfield only, the dispersals were a bit on a nause!
The tech site is next, I have some good pictures to help me with that, and itS surprising how the layout follows old lanes and roads, much different to what you see on Google Earth now.
Can be endless if you want it to be, or decide your cut off and stick to that.
The pic I posted is the 1945 layout of the airfield only, the dispersals were a bit on a nause!
The tech site is next, I have some good pictures to help me with that, and itS surprising how the layout follows old lanes and roads, much different to what you see on Google Earth now.
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23 Jun 2008 21:34 - 18 Jul 2017 20:06 #35
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Late last night I started a more detailed map. It took a few hours and I cut some detail but I think it looks okay. It is very much a sketch, when you look at the pans you will see what I mean.
I am missing some detail like hangar locations and bomb dump (the original sketch has the bomb dump roads the same with as the peri-track!). I also want to try adding tree symbols.
The more I use Paint.Net the more impressed I am, especially when I am probably only using 5% of the application for this purpose.
The biggest problem is working out the detail on the "original". In the village on the bottom left was impossible to work out the roads. Next time I will check with modern and contemporary map to confirm this sort of detail.
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I am missing some detail like hangar locations and bomb dump (the original sketch has the bomb dump roads the same with as the peri-track!). I also want to try adding tree symbols.
The more I use Paint.Net the more impressed I am, especially when I am probably only using 5% of the application for this purpose.
The biggest problem is working out the detail on the "original". In the village on the bottom left was impossible to work out the roads. Next time I will check with modern and contemporary map to confirm this sort of detail.
Peter
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26 Jun 2008 03:11 #36
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You can tell a builder from an archaeologist by the size of his trowel. Mine is a small one!
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PNK and Mawganmad your drawings are really good - well done.
You can tell a builder from an archaeologist by the size of his trowel. Mine is a small one!
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26 Jun 2008 08:39 #37
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6 RCAF Bomber Group (organisation, airfields, squadrons, aircarft, and their 70 crashes in Belgium (location, crew, evasion lines, cemeteries, PoW Camps, etc...). Busy for a couple of years !!!!!!
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The results are impressive... would like to have that level... but not a PC freak !
I have (an official) Paint shop 12 version... will try with this software or go to Paint.net !
Looks like that different softwares are proposed on Paint.net... which one do I have to take ?
I have (an official) Paint shop 12 version... will try with this software or go to Paint.net !
Looks like that different softwares are proposed on Paint.net... which one do I have to take ?
6 RCAF Bomber Group (organisation, airfields, squadrons, aircarft, and their 70 crashes in Belgium (location, crew, evasion lines, cemeteries, PoW Camps, etc...). Busy for a couple of years !!!!!!
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03 Jul 2008 18:07 #38
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You can tell a builder from an archaeologist by the size of his trowel. Mine is a small one!
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Paint dot net is brill, its free and easy to use you can draw airfield plans and sort out your photos too. Why pay for software when an equally good programme is free to down load. It makes perfect sense.
You can tell a builder from an archaeologist by the size of his trowel. Mine is a small one!
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Hi all,
I am new to all this posting of information and using this website but just a quick post to let you know how I would re-draw old map / airfields, or other building!!
re-raf-east-moor-t1701-15.html
In this link I have posted a very quick sketch of East Moor Airfield. Basically I use Auto CAD every day for work purposes so I am quite proficient with the re-drawings of details and site plans etc..., (I use a mouse) I basically used a mapping service where I can view road maps, and detailed maps but can only view an official OS map if I pay to view this. For a the sketch above a have taken a screen shot of the existing map and copied this into Auto CAD - then from there it is a simple procedure of re-drawing over the top of this image. If I was to start drawing an airfield now from scratch I would view the existing OS map (having to pay!!) take a screen shot then redraw this in CAD, alternately you could buy a digital copy of the area but this would cost probably £200+. If I was going to produce drawing of an old so map, or drawing I would scan the image and import this into CAD to redraw the same way. I can then print this drawing in A1 to A4... and save this as a PDF, BMP, DWG, JPG, EPS, or even import it into a word document.
Also I can use various layer to create different line thickness and also colour / shade the drawing.
If anyone would like more info please let me know.
Regards
Jon
I am new to all this posting of information and using this website but just a quick post to let you know how I would re-draw old map / airfields, or other building!!
re-raf-east-moor-t1701-15.html
In this link I have posted a very quick sketch of East Moor Airfield. Basically I use Auto CAD every day for work purposes so I am quite proficient with the re-drawings of details and site plans etc..., (I use a mouse) I basically used a mapping service where I can view road maps, and detailed maps but can only view an official OS map if I pay to view this. For a the sketch above a have taken a screen shot of the existing map and copied this into Auto CAD - then from there it is a simple procedure of re-drawing over the top of this image. If I was to start drawing an airfield now from scratch I would view the existing OS map (having to pay!!) take a screen shot then redraw this in CAD, alternately you could buy a digital copy of the area but this would cost probably £200+. If I was going to produce drawing of an old so map, or drawing I would scan the image and import this into CAD to redraw the same way. I can then print this drawing in A1 to A4... and save this as a PDF, BMP, DWG, JPG, EPS, or even import it into a word document.
Also I can use various layer to create different line thickness and also colour / shade the drawing.
If anyone would like more info please let me know.
Regards
Jon
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25 Nov 2008 16:26 #40
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You can tell a builder from an archaeologist by the size of his trowel. Mine is a small one!
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Thats exactly what we do in Paint.Net and its free, easy to learn and the results are quite amazing. Jon I couldn't get the link to work.
You can tell a builder from an archaeologist by the size of his trowel. Mine is a small one!
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