what did you use ?
also : the picture is too clean for me : rust, seaweed, barnacles etc... flecks of paint gone and it would look even better (cause it looks good

), might be better on the conning tower though...
for the images : upload to
www.imageshack.us take the link for forums that appear below your pic once it's uploaded, paste it here in your text and voilą ! no need to go elsewhere to see your pics
as for my tower I used wings3d, I only reverted to 3ds when wings could do a proper job on the hull of the ship. wings is dead easy 2 !!

see your pics !