Free 3D ship models, anyone?

MCol · 05-18-25, 12:18 PM

Hi. I'm Richard Mandel, longtime ship model collector and longtime fan of everyone's work here from afar. You might remember me from the JCK124 French destroyers business and helping JapLance recover those old models. Anyway to make a long story short I recently suffered a bad fall and had to spend several months recovering from a severe concussion and broken ribs. I'm fully healed now, thank you, but during that time as I was convalescing at home I got to take a look at the We Dive At Dawn/Beneath the Med mega-mod. Wonderful stuff as always, but one thing struck me as odd. Where were all the French and Italian ships? (chuckle) Anyway, I decided to try making some while I had the time recovering from my injuries. I've long dabbled in 3D models, and while my stuff isn't nearly as good as you guys do maybe it will interest some of you. They're in the Downloads section of my Century 21 Virtual Navy Collection over at deviantArt and you have my permission to do whatever you want with those as well as anything else I have in there. Use it as is, fix their many flaws (chuckle), correct for greater realism, whatever. If just one of them turns up in a future mod from one of you guys you'd make my day. Thanks, enjoy the free 3D models, and keep up the good work.

Aktungbby · 05-18-25, 08:38 PM

MCol!

finally on the surface after 3 years' 'silent running'!

JapLance · 05-19-25, 02:30 AM

Yes, I remember you well

. In fact, before you removed them from public access I got some of your models for my own use.

This is the Italian light cruiser Luigi Cadorna, which you had created from the SH5 Barbiano model, in Silent Hunter 4:

Bubblehead1980 · 05-19-25, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by MCol

Hi. I'm Richard Mandel, longtime ship model collector and longtime fan of everyone's work here from afar. You might remember me from the JCK124 French destroyers business and helping JapLance recover those old models. Anyway to make a long story short I recently suffered a bad fall and had to spend several months recovering from a severe concussion and broken ribs. I'm fully healed now, thank you, but during that time as I was convalescing at home I got to take a look at the We Dive At Dawn/Beneath the Med mega-mod. Wonderful stuff as always, but one thing struck me as odd. Where were all the French and Italian ships? (chuckle) Anyway, I decided to try making some while I had the time recovering from my injuries. I've long dabbled in 3D models, and while my stuff isn't nearly as good as you guys do maybe it will interest some of you. They're in the Downloads section of my Century 21 Virtual Navy Collection over at deviantArt and you have my permission to do whatever you want with those as well as anything else I have in there. Use it as is, fix their many flaws (chuckle), correct for greater realism, whatever. If just one of them turns up in a future mod from one of you guys you'd make my day. Thanks, enjoy the free 3D models, and keep up the good work.

Sounds great.

This is the correct site I assume?

https://www.deviantart.com/digitalex...n-c21vn?page=6

05-18-25, 12:18 PM	#1
MCol Bilge Rat Join Date: Mar 2022 Posts: 1 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	Free 3D ship models, anyone? Hi. I'm Richard Mandel, longtime ship model collector and longtime fan of everyone's work here from afar. You might remember me from the JCK124 French destroyers business and helping JapLance recover those old models. Anyway to make a long story short I recently suffered a bad fall and had to spend several months recovering from a severe concussion and broken ribs. I'm fully healed now, thank you, but during that time as I was convalescing at home I got to take a look at the We Dive At Dawn/Beneath the Med mega-mod. Wonderful stuff as always, but one thing struck me as odd. Where were all the French and Italian ships? (chuckle) Anyway, I decided to try making some while I had the time recovering from my injuries. I've long dabbled in 3D models, and while my stuff isn't nearly as good as you guys do maybe it will interest some of you. They're in the Downloads section of my Century 21 Virtual Navy Collection over at deviantArt and you have my permission to do whatever you want with those as well as anything else I have in there. Use it as is, fix their many flaws (chuckle), correct for greater realism, whatever. If just one of them turns up in a future mod from one of you guys you'd make my day. Thanks, enjoy the free 3D models, and keep up the good work.

05-18-25, 08:38 PM	#2
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,150 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	welcome aboard! MCol! finally on the surface after 3 years' 'silent running'! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

05-19-25, 02:30 AM	#3
JapLance Gunner Join Date: Feb 2024 Posts: 92 Downloads: 88 Uploads: 0	Yes, I remember you well . In fact, before you removed them from public access I got some of your models for my own use. This is the Italian light cruiser Luigi Cadorna, which you had created from the SH5 Barbiano model, in Silent Hunter 4: