Arctic37

I struggled with the hull too, the loft feature of Inventor isn't made for this (tough that feature is a buggy mess nonetheless). After 10-15 hours of struggling, I just left it as it is (of course far from perfect, but got fed up with that) The propeller was easy, it's a helix (coil), cut around to the desired shape (see pictures). It's not perfect, but good enough I have an Anet A8 FDM printer and an Anycubic Photon DLP printer. The former made the hull (from 3 parts) and the superstructure (4+1 parts). The other smaller parts are made by the DLP printer

The photoetched accessories arrived yesterday, so I could finish the ship. They improve the look of the ship quite a bit. If somebody is interested building the ship, can find the 3D files, decals, etching here: https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-print-models/hobby-diy/other/ms-bydgoszcz

I finished the stand yesterday. It's made of pinewood, pickled with mahogany coloured stain. The nameplate is photoetched from nickel silver (it was made at home, so not perfect quality). The ships rests on two (20 mm diameter) brass tubes painted black. The ship is finished at the moment, because I have to wait for the remaining photo etched parts (railings, etc.) The full view The ship at it's final place on the shelf

The finished rigging. I also added crane hooks.

It's nothing special. The ship needs a lot of doors, railings, ladders, and stairs, which is cheaper to make "at home", than buy kits at a hobby-store. First I design the parts in the 3D software Then I create the graphic of the etching film in a vectorgraphics program Finally I send the drawing to a company for photo-etching. But hopefully in a few weeks I will be able to make photoetched parts at home, even more cheaper and faster, than with a company. I had quite a long disruption with the previous supplier, and took a long time to find the current one. Also making it at home have much shorter turnaround time, than with an external supply (few days, vs few weeks) Feel free to ask, if you have other questions.

I finished assembling the ship, and put on the cranes. There is some rigging remaining (crane and hook control wires), which I could do at the moment. Right now I'm waiting for my photoetch order to get to me (it's not an off-the-shelf kit of railings, stairs and ladders, cuz those were quite expensive, but a custom made kit after my design). After that I can finish the ship, and put it on stands (which are also being made at the moment)

Painting is ready, decals are applied (custom made waterslide), and I put wooden deck on the superstructure (1 mm balsa). Now it's time to glue the remaining parts together. Logo of Polskie Linie Oceaniczne from decal

My "professional" waterline marker

Economy-of-scale happened, though I think bulk carriers and tankers could be considered somewhat elegant (or at least impressive)

Parts are sanded, primed and ready for painting.

The prints are ready. Well, I have a lot of sanding to do, especially the ones made by FDM printers.

After finishing the Cutty Sark, I tought I should build something easier and modern. Since there aren't any large scale cargo ships I tought it would be a great opportunity to polish my CAD knowledge (I already have several hundred hours with designing train models, but never done a ship), so decided on scratchbuilding with CAD and 3D printing. On http://freeshipplans.com/ (tons of plans, usually high quality scans) I stumbled upon the plans of Bydgoszcz. It is perfect, has nice lines, high resolution scans, and the ship is simple (no bulbous bow for example). Also I have a sweetspot for polish vehicles. The Bydgoszcz was a Type B-55 general cargo ship built in 1960 for the PLO (Polskie Linie Oceaniczne) and was in use until 1983 I started the modeling with drawing the lines for the ribs, deck and keel, then lofting them together to create the hull. Sadly the loft feature of the Inventor is bit of a mess, and I couldn't add any more lines without an error message, so the hull isn't perfect (for the next model I will probably use Delftship, if I make myself to buy it). Also the keel extension around the propeller and rudder had to be modeled manually, because you cannot loft backwards. I will need a quite a bit of filling to correct the hull (after spending around 20 hours just to loft the hull without errors, I just got fed up with it...) The modeling of the remaining parts went smoothly. First I modeled the remaining parts by making the rough outlines, then adding the details later. Firstly I made the superstructure Then I continued with the cranes and loading openings (not sure if its the correct term) Finally I added the details, like windows, rescue boats, anchor windlass, crane winches, etc... Some smaller details (stairs, doors, ladders, railings, ...) will be made from photo-etched parts. They are designed by me, but not placed in the assembly CAD-model, because mostly they need to be bent and cut to the desired shape and size by hand. This also applies for the rigging. I also designed a stand for it, and with that I marked the ship model as completed, and made a few renders in Blender just for good measure: Bydgoszcz_modell_bemutato.mp4 Now the parts are being made in my 3D printers (due to the size the hull and superstructure is made with FDM from PLA, but the smaller detailed parts are with DLP printer from resin), they will be ready in a few days. Feel free to ask about the CAD process or the 3D printing, because a lot of things are self evident for me, but not for others, who are maybe not as familiar with these as I am

The sails are made from batiste. Good luck building the kit, if you buy it

It is probably in the same shape, because the original moulds from '59 were still used in my kit... Sometimes there were more sanding, than glueing and painting

Now with the chains were fitted to the bowsprit and the ensigns to their places, the ship is finally finished. As my first sailing ship model (and not an easy one imo), I am satisfied with the result. Altough on the next sailing ship I will doe some thing differently