Thanks Guys, wish I had more hours in a week to throw at this!

My Guess is with the full interior Complete she will be around a million Polys, with probably around 10 4096x4096 Textures ( Each with 6 Different layers, AO, Normals , Rougness etc. )

Completed the Fire Monitors,I was dreading thes,e but they weren't as bad as I thought, only took 4 hours.

Heres a Few Shots of the model where is is at the moment:

Currently 77 Hours 46 Minutes in

Completed the Bow Towing Winch, I really wanted to take my time on this ( it took 6 Hours to complete ) as its the main part on the tug, heres a look at the real one :

Will still be adding the tow rope itself as soon as I can find a acceptable method to make a low poly version of it.

Heres a Link to to the 3D:
https://skfb.ly/6HuRQ
Currently 73 Hours 27 Minutes in

Completed the Mampaey 100 ton Towing Hook, added abit more weathering in the standalone model for effect, when on the tug it will be in better shape

The 3d can be viewed here :

Sketchfab

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Currently 66 Hours 05 Minutes in

Left in the rain for a few years :

Just Completed the Aft Deck Crane, its a Heila knuckle boom crane type HLM 10-2S
Was modeled in the extendet position and folded as shown, was really nice folding all the parts when the models were ready!

Ive uploaded the 3d for viewing here:

Heila knuckle boom crane type HLM 10-2S - Buy Royalty Free 3D model by Axeonalias

Deck Crane for Smit Panther. Modeled in Sketchup, UV Mapped in Blender and Textured in Substance Painter. - Heila knuckle boom crane type HLM 10-2S - Buy Royalty Free 3D model by Axeonalias

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Currently 62 Hours 55 Minutes in

Completed the working parts for the azimuth stern drive (ASD) and cleaned up the interior walls.

At the bow the area is raised to allow 2 stories, goes half way above the main diesel tanks and then single at the engine room.

Currently 51 Hours 46 Minutes in

Decided to get the Engines completed, im happy with the LOD for these, its tempting to just keep adding detail, but there comes a point where you just have to decide..

The turbo was Subdiv. and the rest was hard surface.Theres a bunch of Decals that will be added later, but I will do all of them at the same time.

Engine is currently at 35600 Polys.

Currently 50 Hours 09 Minutes in

Thanks guys, hellnbak even with what seems to be so much reference out there you will be surprised how some areas are hidden, I really dont like taking guesses with anything,thats why many hours are spent doing research on every part, me and my research department ( Thanks babe ) have been searching like crazy for this 10 - 50 (or 150?) Ton Rolls Royce towing winch, and nothing but this low res image on a 226 page pdf on the Rolls Royce website:

Not sure why RR has it mirrored, its correctly fitted on my tug as the real one is.

What makes things even more tricky is many items have been added over the years that are not on the blueprints or on any of the marketing brochures, luckily they are small things.

Progress so far includes many details around the aft towing winch, the winch itself ( not happy with that rope texture, will still be spending some time there ) and details on the funnels

Currently 46 Hours 39 Minutes in

Thanks guys, trying to keep the pace up on this one but man there is alot to make! my guess is this is going to be around 150 - 200 Hours before completion!

Alot of the time has been spent on the interior which will only be shown when its looking semi decent, Work has started on the superstructure and those crazy exhausts! Fore and aft towing fairleads are complete along with the aft deck planking and hatches. Engine intake vents are shown as well, im not 100% sure how close to the deck they go at the moment as they are well hidden behine the aft towing winch, as soon as I can find some images or some reference I will adjust them if need be.

This is the new shaped azimuth drive ( shown above )

Currently 37 Hours 44 Minutes in

Thanks Guys,

Been a crazy week so not much progress on the tug, but the hull interior walls and partitions are in, Engine room and steering room are ready for details to be added, redid the subsurf on the azimuth as I wasnt happy with the shape ( misread the blueprints )

Been working on the powerplants, here are some stats you can relate to vs. your car:

Displacement Car: +-2.0L
Displacement Tug: 148.0L

Engine Dry Weight Car: +- 120kg
Engine Dry Weight Tug: +- 19000kg

Engine Power Car: +- 140hp
Engine Power Tug: +- 3634hp

The size is clear in the images shown below, and to top it off she has 2 of them!
Images were rendered in Substance painter after I did a quick UV unwrap and applied some standard materials in Substance.

The Engine is by no means complete, its just the basic shape before I started adding the details, model shown took 2 hours to model.

Decided its been a few years since my last project, been wanting to do one of these since I first saw it!

Smit Panther is a ASD Tug 3213, She is 32.44m Long and 13.3m Wide.
She has 7268hp, 85 ton Bollard pull and a top speed of 14knots.

The Goal of this project will be game implementation ( Currently VSF ) and of course as a Sketchfab showpiece to join the rest. She will be modeled & Base Textured in Sketchup, UV Mapped & Baked in Blender, and final texturing will be done in Substance painter.

Currently 21 Hours 20 Minutes in

Thanks Guys, those holes are cutouts done in SUm was thinking of doing an alpha map for them, but you would need huge res to get decent definition, so I opted to go 12 sided.

In future If possible ill post the model image next to the Real thing (DONE!), Forgot about quite a few things on that Dinghy! the Rope around the sides would have looked awesome, shes being stripped atm for a refit after years of hard use have taken their toll!

Here are some more done over the weekend, ill include the time taken as well as thats what im working on improving over this next month.

Coffee Machine:

https://skfb.ly/6CWSZ
This took 105 minutes in total, 75mins modeling and 30 texturing
Real Item :

Yacht Stove:

https://skfb.ly/6CXss
This took 166 minutes in total, 108 modeling, 11 UV Mapping & 47 texturing
Real Item :

Camping Light: ( This was to Test Opacity in Substance Painter )

https://skfb.ly/6CXoP
This took 62 minutes in total, 22 modeling, 7 mapping & 33 texturing
Real Item:

Its been a while since ive shared anything here, so here are a few models ive created recently after Substance Painter was introduced to me. Sketchfab links below images to see it in 3d.

Sailing Dinghy:

https://skfb.ly/6CWGq
This Took MANY Hours to complete
Real Item:

Paintball gun:

https://skfb.ly/6CPSp
This took 1980 minutes in total, 1620 modeling, 60 mapping & 300 texturing
Real Item:

Colander:

This took 150 minutes in total, 105 modeling, 6 mapping & 39 texturing
Real Item:

JBL Boombox:

https://skfb.ly/6CMRq
Cant remember how long this took! ( and didnt write the time down )
Real Item:

Hull is fully Planked ( Each Plank can not be shown unfortunatly ) , Work on the Accomodations have begun, Decks are in place and a few other bits and pieces added.

Thanks Chaps, Ewie the Extrusion is already made, it was actually that tool (Create Loft Junctions) that allowed me to draw so many ribs since ship drawings only have a few usually showing.

Here is a small Update, I have not modeled the deck framing showing the Horizontal knees as this is quite a task and will again not be used in the final model, Knees seen below will be in the final, keel still needs some Pieces added on top of ribs to finish off.

Looking Aft

Looking Forward

In the next Update I will explain my previous issue in detail.

Thanks guys, and Updates you will get!

Ribs Added and Platforms Removed, Keel is also complete, Temporary Main Deck Planks can be seen but these will be removed when framework is built.

I have an interesting issue that I cant seem to find a solution for, the Hull Planking is done in 1 group, to show in the rendering however each plank needs to be modeled and grouped seperatly, the method Ive attempted was to use the follow me tool starting from the top line with a circle and intersecting it with the hull face, this works for the first 4 planks but after a while the amount of intersections become to much and it becomes a mess.

Im sure a plugin for this must exist, this task can be achived manually but it will take hours if not days, and it will not be used in the final model at all as its just for rendering purposes.... Ideas?

Really Great Work, ive thought about doing this myself a few times in the different places I have lived, but its just such a huge undertaking!

I especially enjoyed the bathroom Render!

Built at Belliveau Cove, Nova Scotia in 1919 by Ben Belliveau & Co. and operated by Ben Belliveau & Co. as a three-masted wooden schooner. Dimensions: 130.5’ length x 30.8’ beam x 10.5’ depth. Gross tonnage: 310 tons. Net tonnage: 281 tons. Official registry number 141230. At an unknown date during her career, a Boston newspaper item stated the Rose Anne, under command of Captain Raymond Vincent Comeau, made a very fast run from Belliveau Cove to the Boston Lightship, a distance of 240 miles, in 24 hours. On another occasion she left Boston for Belliveau Cove, loaded 250,000 board feet of rough spruce and returned to Boston in 17 days; this was considered as good as a steamship of the time could have done. The Rose Anne Belliveau ran aground and wrecked at White’s Cove, Nova Scotia (ironically, only about a half mile north of where she was built and launched ten years earlier) on January 19, 1929. Registry closed on February 1, 1929.

John Belliveau has been kind enough to assist in providing valuable information for this build, from wood types and colours to accommodation layouts etc.
More information can be found on his website here : http://www.boatnerd.com/digitalshipyard/belliveauships/home.htm

Here is The Model so far with the keel Laid.

Much has changed with Regards to how I model and Render since my last build, Im using SU and Vray.

Thanks Guys

@ Armstrong, her exterior is under 100k, I think its in the region of around 60k, the guns are the killers, they are around 1200 polys each excluding the ropes and blocks.
The Book I used for my interior layout and some fittings ( the 100 page book ) is The Anatomy of the ship Pandora, being a very similar frigate in Size and Shape, I decided to adapt her interior to fit mine, Although Chapmans drawings are close to this, it was not Chapman`s design as far as I know, The exterior is from the plans "Ajax" 1765, a set of drawings I obtained somewhere online years ago for a static kit, It might be chapmans Im not sure, I havnt looked at his drawings since I made HMS Artemis from his designes.
I hardly have enough time to get her going in 1 sim, theres no way Ill have time to learn another and adapt it accordingly.

@ Pherim, Your model looks great, but yes I see what you mean with the hull, a accurate hull is easy however, like a wooden "plank on frame" model, its pretty much the same procedure in 3d, Keel, Ribs , then planks. Ive attached a trawlers hull as an example, start by making the keel in 2d from the side view, extrude it to its width according to the profile view, Group it and hide it. Next draw each of the rib lines using only vertices and edges, group each rib seperately, the rotate them all and fit them to theyre numbers or lines on the side view (remember not to move the ribs on the Y axis when fitting them to the keel) then explode all the ribs and connect the verts , there are many other ways of making a hull of course but I find this to be quick and easy, and the amount of poly`s is up to you.