Hello fellow ship enthusiasts! I present you with my shipyard project, which is themed around the world's most famous ocean liners. Most of these ships are or will be from the early 20th century, during which ships were built with unmatched splendor. Right now the collection is small, but these are complete ships, meaning that the interiors are fully explorable. I hope to add many more as the months go by.
Completed:
RMS Titanic
RMS Mauretania
RMS Aquitania
SS Nomadic
Under Construction:
TDB
Planned:
RMS Queen Mary
SS Canberra
SS Normandie
Possible:
RMS Majestic (formerly SS Bismarck, needs complete set of plans)
RMS Berengaria (formerly SS Imperator)
I may add some other ships, but the plans for many of these seem very hard to come by. If anyone knows of any complete ocean liner plans of a ship they would like to see built, be sure to post them.
Screenshots and Decriptions:
RMS Titanic
Arguably the most famous ship in history, Titanic leaves a strong impression on people's minds from her magnificent interiors, to her spectacular demise - even 100 years after sinking on her maiden voyage. Built as the second Olympic class ship, she was originally overshadowed by the success of her near-identical sister, the RMS Olympic. It was only after sinking that the Titanic became famous. Titanic and her sister were White Star Line's response to Cunard's Lusitania and Mauretania. White Star decided not to beat them in speed, but in sheer size and splendor, and to this day they are still remembered as some of the finest ships to cross the sea. Ironically, the Olympic had quite a successful career, despite being involved in four collisions with other ships, including ramming and sinking a U-Boat.
Bow view:
Side view:
Overlooking bow:
First class lounge:
Grand staircase:
First class smoking room:
Second class library:
Second class main staircase:
Boilers:
Engines:
Cross-Section:
RMS Mauretania
Built in 1906, the Mauretania and her sister the Lusitania were the first large ocean liners to make use of steam turbines. At the time of completion, Mauretania was the largest ship in the world, surpassed only in 1911 by the Olympic (sister ship to the Titanic). She was the fastest passenger ship in the world, and remained so for over 20 years. She had a long career, unlike her ill-fated sister, and served until 1934.
Bow view:
First class smoking room,looking forward:
Smoking room, looking aft and up at the air intakes:
First class lounge:
First class library:
First class stairs upper:
First class stairs lower:
Second class smoking room:
Turbines:
Boilers:
Looking aft from the docking bridge:
Alongside the Titanic:
Cross section:
RMS Aquitania
The Aquitania was the Cunard Line's answer to White Star's Olympic Class. Built in 1914, Cunard spared no expense in her luxury. Her public spaces were so opulent that Aquitania earned the nickname "The Ship Beautiful". She served in both world wars, and was finally retired in 1950, giving her a 36 year career - a record that stood unbroken until the Queen Elizabeth II broke it in 2004, ultimately serving for 40 years.
Exterior view:
Louis XVI Restaurant
Garden Lounge
Georgian Lounge
Drawing Room
Staircase
Swimming Pool
Smoking Room, looking forward:
Smoking Room, looking aft:
2nd Class Dining Saloon
2nd Class Smoking Room
Boilers
Port HP Turbine
Deck View on a Rainy Night:
SS Nomadic
The SS Nomadic was built to carry passengers to the Titanic and her sister Olympic in places where the harbor was not large enough to accommodate the massive ships. She also served a number of other ships, including the Mauretania and Queen Mary. The SS Nomadic is still in existence and is currently undergoing restoration. She is the last surviving White Star vessel.
These are looking really good. I'm particularly enjoying watching Mauretania come together deck by deck; she was a beautiful ship. I'm finding it really interesting because the warships that I'm building are all empty inside. I might have done interiors for liners, but it would have got dull trying to do interiors for every ship in my Jutland project!
These are looking really good. I'm particularly enjoying watching Mauretania come together deck by deck; she was a beautiful ship. I'm finding it really interesting because the warships that I'm building are all empty inside. I might have done interiors for liners, but it would have got dull trying to do interiors for every ship in my Jutland project!
Are you doing them all in 1:1?
Yep, they're all 1:1, which does make some of the layouts challenging. Sometimes I am forced to omit a few cabins in 3rd or 2nd class to keep the proportions correct. Nevertheless, I'd say that I am able to include around 95% of the ship's areas at 1:1.
Yep, they're all 1:1, which does make some of the layouts challenging. Sometimes I am forced to omit a few cabins in 3rd or 2nd class to keep the proportions correct. Nevertheless, I'd say that I am able to include around 95% of the ship's areas at 1:1.
Impressive.
I've only ever tried doing 1:1 interiors on sailing ships, and I found it cramped and difficult even just going from my imagination, never mind trying to recreate an actual ship's interior.
I downloaded your Titanic and decided to set up a screenshot for a period pairing - I pasted my HMS Orion in alongisde her, commissioned in January 1912, also built in 1:1. I think it's fantastic how much this shows how big the Olympic class liners were. HMS Orion was pretty much the biggest and most powerful warship in the world when she was commissioned - the first ever "super dreadnought" and look at that. Titanic absolutely dwarfs her.
Have been working on the A Deck lately. This deck has probably been the most challenging, because it has a number of first class facilities (library, grand entrance, lounge, smoking room) as well as the second class lounge. The first class smoking room is probably the most spectacular of these. It is a beautiful wood-paneled room with a magnificent glass cathedral ceiling. I am partly finished on that room, but still have a lot more detail work to do.
Someone made a 3D render of the smoking room and you can really see what a majestic ship the Mauretania was: http://heritage-3d.com/M/QTVR.html (QuickTime needed).
Here's an overhead render of the ships. Up until the Olympic, the Mauretania was the largest ship in the world at 31,938 GRT. Olympic and Titanic were 45,324 and 46,328 GRT, respectively. You can see the impressive jump in size, and why the world marveled at the Titanic and her sister the Olympic. Also note how Titanic absolutely dwarfs her tender, the SS Nomadic.
1. While inspecting my ship, I realized I had mistakenly walled off access to a number of crew cabins. Oops. (Why you always inspect your work)
2. To my dismay, I can find no documentation on the Mauretania's cabin numbering. I found the first class cabin numbers for the Lusitania (Mauretania's sister ship), but the layout of each ship is somewhat different. So the cabin numbers will be a best-guess using the numbering pattern that was common on ships of that time - numbering increases from forward to aft, odd numbers are starboard, even are port. Numbering starts at the center and increases outward on lateral corridors.
She's getting closer. I hope to have her done in another week or so.
Hello fellow ship enthusiasts! I present you with my shipyard project, which is themed around the world's most famous ocean liners. Most of these ships are or will be from the early 20th century, during which ships were built with unmatched splendor. Right now the collection is small, but these are complete ships, meaning that the interiors are fully explorable. I hope to add many more as the months go by.
Completed:
Under Construction:
Planned:
Possible:
I may add some other ships, but the plans for many of these seem very hard to come by. If anyone knows of any complete ocean liner plans of a ship they would like to see built, be sure to post them.
Screenshots and Decriptions:
RMS Titanic
Arguably the most famous ship in history, Titanic leaves a strong impression on people's minds from her magnificent interiors, to her spectacular demise - even 100 years after sinking on her maiden voyage. Built as the second Olympic class ship, she was originally overshadowed by the success of her near-identical sister, the RMS Olympic. It was only after sinking that the Titanic became famous. Titanic and her sister were White Star Line's response to Cunard's Lusitania and Mauretania. White Star decided not to beat them in speed, but in sheer size and splendor, and to this day they are still remembered as some of the finest ships to cross the sea. Ironically, the Olympic had quite a successful career, despite being involved in four collisions with other ships, including ramming and sinking a U-Boat.
Bow view:
Side view:
Overlooking bow:
First class lounge:
Grand staircase:
First class smoking room:
Second class library:
Second class main staircase:
Boilers:
Engines:
Cross-Section:
RMS Mauretania
Built in 1906, the Mauretania and her sister the Lusitania were the first large ocean liners to make use of steam turbines. At the time of completion, Mauretania was the largest ship in the world, surpassed only in 1911 by the Olympic (sister ship to the Titanic). She was the fastest passenger ship in the world, and remained so for over 20 years. She had a long career, unlike her ill-fated sister, and served until 1934.
Bow view:
First class smoking room,looking forward:
Smoking room, looking aft and up at the air intakes:
First class lounge:
First class library:
First class stairs upper:
First class stairs lower:
Second class smoking room:
Turbines:
Boilers:
Looking aft from the docking bridge:
Alongside the Titanic:
Cross section:
RMS Aquitania
Exterior view:
Louis XVI Restaurant
Garden Lounge
Georgian Lounge
Drawing Room
Staircase
Swimming Pool
Smoking Room, looking forward:
Smoking Room, looking aft:
2nd Class Dining Saloon
2nd Class Smoking Room
Boilers
Port HP Turbine
Deck View on a Rainy Night:
SS Nomadic
The SS Nomadic was built to carry passengers to the Titanic and her sister Olympic in places where the harbor was not large enough to accommodate the massive ships. She also served a number of other ships, including the Mauretania and Queen Mary. The SS Nomadic is still in existence and is currently undergoing restoration. She is the last surviving White Star vessel.
Side view:
Next to Titanic:
First class area:
Second class area:
Night view:
Build Logs:
Download Link:
Hull layout
The sleek profile of the Maury. She was built to go fast, and was the fastest ocean liner in the world for 20 years.
Machinery installed
View from the Titanic
Laying out the upper hull
The labyrinth of passageways and cabins on E Deck
D Deck complete
Are you doing them all in 1:1?
Yep, they're all 1:1, which does make some of the layouts challenging. Sometimes I am forced to omit a few cabins in 3rd or 2nd class to keep the proportions correct. Nevertheless, I'd say that I am able to include around 95% of the ship's areas at 1:1.
Impressive.
I've only ever tried doing 1:1 interiors on sailing ships, and I found it cramped and difficult even just going from my imagination, never mind trying to recreate an actual ship's interior.
I downloaded your Titanic and decided to set up a screenshot for a period pairing - I pasted my HMS Orion in alongisde her, commissioned in January 1912, also built in 1:1. I think it's fantastic how much this shows how big the Olympic class liners were. HMS Orion was pretty much the biggest and most powerful warship in the world when she was commissioned - the first ever "super dreadnought" and look at that. Titanic absolutely dwarfs her.
Good luck man!
The only ship I built was with a few people, as a Hunger Games Lobby. But these ships, just wow...
C Deck:
B Deck:
Starting to resemble a ship now:
Someone made a 3D render of the smoking room and you can really see what a majestic ship the Mauretania was: http://heritage-3d.com/M/QTVR.html (QuickTime needed).
First class library:
First class lounge:
First class smoking room:
Looking up at the vents:
Smoking room looking aft:
Moonrise through the glass dome:
A Deck/Boat Deck construction
Nearly complete profile:
Still needs lifeboats, funnel rigging, antennas and a wide range of internal work, but getting much closer.
The two great ships together. You can see that Titanic is certainly larger.
Most of the major work on the Mauretania is done, now just need to do some finishing work.
Here's an overhead render of the ships. Up until the Olympic, the Mauretania was the largest ship in the world at 31,938 GRT. Olympic and Titanic were 45,324 and 46,328 GRT, respectively. You can see the impressive jump in size, and why the world marveled at the Titanic and her sister the Olympic. Also note how Titanic absolutely dwarfs her tender, the SS Nomadic.
1. While inspecting my ship, I realized I had mistakenly walled off access to a number of crew cabins. Oops. (Why you always inspect your work)
2. To my dismay, I can find no documentation on the Mauretania's cabin numbering. I found the first class cabin numbers for the Lusitania (Mauretania's sister ship), but the layout of each ship is somewhat different. So the cabin numbers will be a best-guess using the numbering pattern that was common on ships of that time - numbering increases from forward to aft, odd numbers are starboard, even are port. Numbering starts at the center and increases outward on lateral corridors.
She's getting closer. I hope to have her done in another week or so.