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Originally Posted by Albrecht Von Hesse
Originally I was just going to mod the warships to have lighter funnel smoke, but iambecomelife had mentioned something about having the older coalburner merchants having thicker smoke, soooo . . .
This is what the three types of funnel smoke look like at a distance:
These are close-ups; first is a warship:
Next is a more modern merchant:
Finally the older coal-burners:
These may, or may not, be final versions, based upon your feedback. This is your chance Kaleuns. 
I've spent hours digging up photos of WWII merchants and warships, comparing their funnel smokes and trying to create something that --if it doesn't exactly match, at least comes close. One thing I did notice was that it seemed as if when the merchants were actually cruising at speed they gave off little to no smoke . . . which surprised me. I'm hoping our resident historical experts might be able to enlighten me here.
Once I've finalized the smokes, next I'll be incorporating them into the appropriate ships. Which will also be 'fun'. Deciding which are warships is a piece of cake, but I'm not sure what criteria to use to sort merchants into the older, smokier kinds versus more modern, less smoky. Again, I'll appreciate any advice here!
Albrecht |
There's one pretty good rule of thumb - tall, thin funnels were used on old coal burners. The tall stack was needed to keep soot and cinders away from the decks. Diesel-driven ships and some of the more modern steamers (constructed circa 1935-1945) could get away with having shorter stacks. In general, this also makes smokestacks an excellent way to identify when a ship was built. There were a few companies that liked the "retro" look and kept tall stacks on modern vessels, but this was so rare I wouldn't worry about it.
Steam Tanker - Built in 1922
Motor Tanker - Built 1942
For the default ships I would suggest:
MODERN/LESS SMOKE - Liberty Ship, Victory Ship, C-3 Cargo, NKLS, Troopship, T-2, T-3, Small Merchant, Small Tanker
OLD/MORE SMOKE - Coastal Merchant, AMC
Although the Liberty and Victory were steamers, and could possibly go either way.