WIP images of a 6,000-ton motor merchant.

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d5...ife/wip2-1.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d5...ife/wip1-1.jpg

Excellent, I hope they would be ready to be sunk in December;)

Fantastic looking ships there IABL:up:
Look forward to sinking them soon in game.

That's great news! I have a bunch of names for motor ships in the 6000-tons range. Some of the modern ones look like the existing NKMV model, but most of them look more like yours.

You must have a pretty big hard drive for all these ship names Steve.:up:
Tis one of the things i like after a patrol. Is to look in my commander personal file and see names to the ships i have sunk. Just adds that little extra immersion to the game in my opinion.

Actually....he had most of them on a USB pen drive at the SS Meet.

Thanks to all you guys for your interest! And Steve - FYI I haven't forgotten about the ship pics for you - just that it's been crazy hectic for me recently. Very sorry for the delay - I will try to put something together for you on Sunday or Monday.

I just found out that the motorship is also a good basis for an old-fashioned 6,000 -ton steamer, More info & pix later...

Mr Chris: Names are cheap. 10,000 names on a list only takes up a few hundred KB.

IABL: I understand - no problems. And the more variety the better, so I'm patient.:sunny:

I saw this mod passing releazed, but I missed it!
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/6896/hunter2ok0.gif

Today I did more work on motor merchants. The gray-hulled ship is inspired by vessels from the Silver Line. This company tended to use more modern ships than most other UK shippers.

I will make [another] effort to resolve the reflection issue in the days ahead...

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d5...ntitled-82.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d5...ntitled-83.jpg



EDIT - photos of model M28B temporarily removed 12/19/08



You can type "Silver" in the Merchants section at Uboat.net to get an idea of what this company's ships looked like before they were camoflaged. Like many WWII-era merchants with light-colored hulls, they tended to suffer badly from rust:

http://uboat.net/allies/ships/photos/br/silverpalm.jpg

http://uboat.net/allies/ships/photos/br/silveryew.jpg

Is there any possibility of a few Bank Line/Andrew Weir models :hmm:

http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/bank.htm

That's a good idea - those ships had a very unique looking style. I have thought of doing them, but the deckhouses beneath the masts might present a few problems, especially with cargo nodes. Still, I'll see what can be done.:sunny:

Great looking models IABL!! :rock: :rock:
Can´t wait to sink them!

Rgr that....I sailed on a few in the late 70's http://www.psionguild.org/forums/ima...s/thumbsup.gif

FYI the Silver Line motor merchant has been revised. I modded the hull and made extensive changes to the superstructure - apparently they had an extra deck for improved visibility since there was no midships island.

In other news, beta testers for Version 1.0 - be prepared for a PM in the next few days...