WIP pictures of the SS "Beechwood", a small merchant owned by Fenwick & used mainly to transport coal. Note that unlike the stock SH3/SH4 merchantmen the name and homeport are visible on the hull. It's just one of many merchant ships that will ply the coastal waters of Britain & the North Sea.
There is a destroyer visible for size comparison purposes. I think I will use SH3 as a "testbed" for creating the new merchant ships and then port them over to SH4.
Next I will need to create a variety of human figures to populate the ships - merchant sailors, navy recruits, doctors, nurses, civilian passengers, officers, & more...