Classic ship collection for FSX/P3D [Archive]

kl791

July 13th, 2014, 05:48

Hi
As an extension of my Global AI Shipping project a new project is emerging - a collection of classic ships for FSX and P3D including AI traffic. The first ship from the collection can be found here:

https://flightsimnorway.com/addons/default.php?funct=dl&pack=aishipsn

It is the Norwegian passenger ferry Nordstjernen from 1956, which is still going strong allong the Norwegian coast. The download includes two versions plus 4 AI routes along the Norwegian coast. The routes are made so the fit with the routes in "130 AI ships and AI Ship Traffic" which you can find on www.avsim.com (http://www.avsim.com), www.simviation.com (http://www.simviation.com) and www.flightsim.com (http://www.flightsim.com). A third version in the original colors and with the crane and antenas like in 1956 will be included when the classic pack is released.

http://nsm08.casimages.com/img/2014/07/06//14070601552416112912368254.jpg (http://www.casimages.com/img.php?i=14070601552416112912368254.jpg)

More ships are on their way:

http://nsm08.casimages.com/img/2014/07/09//14070903483116112912375394.jpg (http://www.casimages.com/img.php?i=14070903483116112912375394.jpg)

SS Empress of Ireland (1906) made by Jean-Pierre Fillion

http://nsm08.casimages.com/img/2014/07/02//14070211321116112912361931.jpg (http://www.casimages.com/img.php?i=14070211321116112912361931.jpg)

MS Korsholm (1949)

big-mike

July 13th, 2014, 06:50

Great work,Henrik.
i`m a big fan of your ship traffic.
Thank you very much.
Mike

Milton Shupe

July 13th, 2014, 06:56

WOW! Awesome modeling and texturing there Sir. :applause:

Daveroo

July 13th, 2014, 08:01

rayhere48

July 13th, 2014, 08:23

Wow, they sure look nice. Very good work.

kl791

July 13th, 2014, 09:05

wow..thats awesome....i dont know much about ships..but i love to look at them...the USS Jerimia O'brien would be a cool one for this package,its an original world war two liberty ship,based now in san fransico bay.

There will without doubt be more than one liberty ship in the collection - both in a WWII version and post war versions. However, so far I have not found good detailed drawings, so if somebody could point me to a link it would be great :)

kl791

July 13th, 2014, 09:48

Just another screenshot - this one from P3D and made by Ole Almenningen - for more screenshots and the most fantastic illustrated guide to simulation freeware and payware for Norway visit www.flightsimnorway.com (http://www.flightsimnorway.com)

http://nsm08.casimages.com/img/2014/07/13//14071307475316112912385005.jpg (http://www.casimages.com/img.php?i=14071307475316112912385005.jpg)

Penz

July 13th, 2014, 10:11

Henrik, that last screenshot is a worthy representation of just how awesome your ships and "flight plans" (lol) for FS are.

I got every bit of them installed, and love them. Thanks a lot from a local fanboi. :encouragement:

limjack

July 14th, 2014, 22:31

Great job Henrik!!!!!!

I saw this a little while back, the ai ships and routs package and new I needed this in my fsx. Time however had not allowed me with real world responsibilities and lack of play time. So I made a note in my calender book, front page in fact so I would not forget about this awesome piece of work. Today time slowed down so i started dowloading the different regions. So far so good, I have been able to chaise a few of these ships down with a chopper and just hover around them. simply amazing to say the least. So you have earned yourself another fan. In the past I did try my hand at adding routs for some of the ships in the Puget sound, I grounded a couple and also got one to sail without any issues and I know it's a lot of hard work.

Thanks again for all you have done

Jim

Ian Warren

July 14th, 2014, 22:42

They are brilliant, one thing that really comes to adding ships give that extra special feature with quality like that :untroubled:

delta_lima

July 14th, 2014, 23:09

Thanks Henrik - speechless with awe.

DL

Adrian Petford

July 15th, 2014, 02:37

Brilliant work Henrik! Looking forward to the new pack. Your shipping traffic makes a huge difference to the simming experience as well as setting the bar higher with each new release.

kl791

July 15th, 2014, 04:48

Thanks for all the nice and motivating comments - today work will start on a couple of liberty ships... and Jean-Pierre announced he will start on the steamer Storstad. So soon there should be potential for a WWII convoy.

kl791

July 21st, 2014, 05:50

The first model of a Liberty ship is taking shape - I plan a couple of WWII and a number of civil repaints. This model is based on the Jeremiah O'Brien and there will also be one based on the other still sailing Liberty ship John W Brown.

http://nsm08.casimages.com/img/2014/07/21//14072104082616112912401697.jpg (http://www.casimages.com/img.php?i=14072104082616112912401697.jpg)

kl791

July 24th, 2014, 18:26

The collection is increasing - the two still exisiting sea worthy Liberty ships Jerimiah O'Brien and John W Brown are now ready to be launched in FSX and P3D

http://nsm08.casimages.com/img/2014/07/25//14072504331316112912409321.jpg (http://www.casimages.com/img.php?i=14072504331316112912409321.jpg)

http://nsm08.casimages.com/img/2014/07/25//14072504455816112912409324.jpg (http://www.casimages.com/img.php?i=14072504455816112912409324.jpg)

Adding to the Navy versions comes so far 3 civil models - each slightly different - repaints are from left to right Brazilian Caicara, the Liberian Aethalia and the Danish St. Croix.

http://nsm08.casimages.com/img/2014/07/25//14072504323316112912409319.jpg (http://www.casimages.com/img.php?i=14072504323316112912409319.jpg)

kl791

November 2nd, 2014, 11:04

A long time has passed since last update - hopefully I am closer to the next release but time is scarce at the moment. Anyway there are several new ships on the way - both classic and modern:

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Above the classic cruise ship Funchal from 1960 and below Skogøy - a small Norwegian passenger ship. The Funchal will be released in the next big update - the Skogøy can already be found here:

http://www.flightsimnorway.com/download/aishipsn_download.php?file=Skogoy_1953_Passenger_F erry.zip

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DaveB

November 2nd, 2014, 11:12

kl791

November 2nd, 2014, 11:23

These are excellent:encouragement: I'm ex-Royal Navy and if it weren't for AI ships of this quality.. I think I'd have stayed with FS9;)

Re the Liberty Ships.. will you be doing any of the European/Canadian versions (eg.. the 'Forts' and 'Parks')? My dad was on Fort Columbia when WWII ended and it would be great to have something representative of the class in FSX:very_drunk:

ATB
DaveB:)

Thanks a lot. I just found your image of Fort Columbia on cbfsim - do you know of any drawings of that ship type? That would be necessary in order to progress - and still it will only be after finishing the routes. I want to get some of the many models of my computer now - it has been a loooong birth for this last update.

DaveB

November 2nd, 2014, 11:33

Thanks a lot. I just found your image of Fort Columbia on cbfsim - do you know of any drawings of that ship type? That would be necessary in order to progress - and still it will only be after finishing the routes. I want to get some of the many models of my computer now - it has been a loooong birth for this last update.

Hi Henrik:wavey:

I'm afraid not but I'll certainly keep my eye out. Phots of the 'Forts' are surprisingly few and far between. I had to buy that one from the National Maritime Museum!! In the meantime.. I'd be happy with the US Liberty model:encouragement: I'd also like to echo the sentiments already made in this thread and thank you for bringing what is the largest area in FSX (the sea) alive;)

ATB
DaveB:)

Scratch

November 2nd, 2014, 17:44

Beautiful work!!

IFlySWA

November 3rd, 2014, 16:13

Thank you very much for bringing these classic ships to FSX. :ernaehrung004: The Empress of Ireland looks beautiful! :encouragement: The real Empress had a very sad ending. :sorrow:

Brian

delta_lima

November 3rd, 2014, 18:49

Awesome Henrik - can't wait.

dl

kl791

November 5th, 2014, 10:09

Thanks for the encouraging comments. Finally I managed also to get P3D installed and I was instantly impressed by the shadows - and of course the P3D waves adds to the fun of making ships even if the wakes are not optimal in P3D.

http://nsm08.casimages.com/img/2014/11/05//14110506051116112912675501.jpg (http://www.casimages.com/img.php?i=14110506051116112912675501.jpg)

http://nsm08.casimages.com/img/2014/11/05//14110506111216112912675531.jpg (http://www.casimages.com/img.php?i=14110506111216112912675531.jpg)

Not really a classic ship, and maybe the Captain should have stayed in Harbour, but the wave effect in P3D works

http://nsm08.casimages.com/img/2014/11/04//14110408043116112912673526.jpg (http://www.casimages.com/img.php?i=14110408043116112912673526.jpg)

kl791

January 1st, 2015, 06:54

Happy New year to all on Sim-Outhouse! As a small New Years present several of the classic ships including the above shown Funchal but also the liberty ships Jerimiah O'Brien and John W Brown have today been released as part of the package 179 AI Ships and AI Ship Traffic available already on www.simviation.com and hopefully soon also on www.avsim.com and www.flightsim.com. However, the classic ship project will continue indepently and there are quite a few ships ready for an upcoming release.

Cees Donker

January 1st, 2015, 07:00

A happy New Year! Great looking models!

Cees

Naismith

January 1st, 2015, 14:29

Nice addition, thankyou

kl791

January 2nd, 2015, 01:11

:) This is one of the Liberty ships included in the package "179 AI Ships and AI Ship Traffic" - it is not yet activated on routes as I will only do that when I release the update of the US routes including new traffic for the bay of San Francisco, where the Jerimiah O'Brien can still be seen sailing today.
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=17694&stc=1

huub vink

January 2nd, 2015, 01:49

Thanks Henrik, highly appreciated!

Cheers,
Huub

IFlySWA

January 2nd, 2015, 06:29

...However, the classic ship project will continue indepently and there are quite a few ships ready for an upcoming release.
That's fantastic news, Henrik. I can't wait!! :jump::jump::biggrin-new:

Brian

kl791

July 11th, 2015, 06:57

Well, it became a longer wait than expected, but finally some news... The new classic ships are getting ready...

http://nsm08.casimages.com/img/2015/07/11//15071104493916112913434997.jpg

Above the S/S Martha - ex S/S Aslaug - below the start of a T2 tanker

http://nsm08.casimages.com/img/2015/07/11//15071104494016112913434998.jpg

delta_lima

July 11th, 2015, 07:00

Too awesome for words. These will be lovely.

DL

Willy

July 11th, 2015, 07:10

DaveB

July 11th, 2015, 07:15

Ker-Ding!! Works for me 100%:applause:

ATB
DaveB:)

kl791

July 11th, 2015, 07:35

Are the Classic Ships going to be a stand alone package or mixed in with other packages? I'd much prefer them to be stand alone. One of my ideas for on down the line is to replace the modern default ships with classic ones...

Hi,
They are going to be stand alone ; it is a different epoque - and there will just be routes for a few areas. Some of the ships however will exist both in the modern packages and the classic, as they still sail as museum ships.
Best regards
Henrik

kl791

July 12th, 2015, 14:37

Esso Sao Paulo taking shape - she will be followed by an armed WWII version of the T2 tanker for P3D and FSX... If somebody wants FS9 please speak up.

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25118&stc=1

kl791

July 20th, 2015, 15:11

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25417&stc=1
The USS Saugatuck getting close to launch. The hull and superstructure should be fine and has been made according to good drawings, however I have serious problems finding decent and consistent pictures of the armament - position and types - that goes for the Saugatuck or any other of the T2 tankers. Mostly pictures are taking at different points in time and modifications seem to have been done regularly, so it is really hard to find any really usefull documentation. If someone can't point to good pictures it would be a great help.

Milton Shupe

July 20th, 2015, 15:25

Extraordinarily beautiful work Henrik! :applause:

DaveB

July 21st, 2015, 00:55

Stunning Henrik:applause:

I found THIS (http://daveb.cbfsim.org/public/ssbushyhill.jpg) plan of a Suamico class T2 a while back but it lacks the detail shown in your model. A browse on this page.. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=suamico+class+tanker&id=6C6722FD9FC76ABF10BAAC5C50A7BAA4402D84D3&FORM=IQFRBA at Bing may help a little.

ATB
DaveB:)

kl791

July 21st, 2015, 03:53

jeansy

July 21st, 2015, 04:02

love this stuff,

Well done, and can't wait to get my hands on it

hae5904

July 21st, 2015, 05:14

Henrik, maybe this can be of some use :encouragement:

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/19/19075.htm

Hank

DaveB

July 21st, 2015, 06:11

Nice find Hank:encouragement: Surprised to see she didn't go for scrap until 2006!!

ATB
DaveB:)

hae5904

July 21st, 2015, 06:36

Surprised to see she didn't go for scrap until 2006!!

ATB
DaveB:)

That did suprised me as well !

DaveB

July 21st, 2015, 07:42

Some manage to hang on.. 'almost' unnoticed. There's a shot here: http://shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=842630 of Rame Head going for disposal in 2009. Her life at sea had long ended though she was present 'down the trot' in Portsmouth for as long as I can remember.. used for years as a training aid for the SAS/SBS (as far as I know). There was some talk of trying to keep her due to her origins and history but that's all it amounted to. There are certainly very few Victory/Liberty ships in existence these days and now, they're one fewer.

ATB
DaveB:)

delta_lima

July 21st, 2015, 08:42

Love these classic ships. Wear and rust looks so real I want get my tetanus shot before installing these!

Thanks for adding these retro ships Henrik!

DL

kl791

July 21st, 2015, 11:25

Thanks for the links. Especially the navsource was usefull :jump: A couple of hours and there are now three versions - still with the same texture and thus number, but they actually represent three different ships with respect to armament and other details.

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25439&stc=1

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25440&stc=1

Daveroo

July 21st, 2015, 15:10

these ships are all AI?..

kl791

July 21st, 2015, 16:24

these ships are all AI?..

Yes - they are done as AI and the detail level is kept for AI use - even so many of my ships have been transformed by others to pilotable versions.

jeansy

July 21st, 2015, 19:11

Yes - they are done as AI and the detail level is kept for AI use - even so many of my ships have been transformed by others to pilotable versions.

would it be possible to make a convoy mdl, in which i mean have several liberty ships spaced in a convoy formation and be saved as only one mdl file, like someone did with the red arrows back in fs2004/2002

be great so see a convoy sail from west coast US to UK....

kl791

July 22nd, 2015, 01:24

would it be possible to make a convoy mdl, in which i mean have several liberty ships spaced in a convoy formation and be saved as only one mdl file, like someone did with the red arrows back in fs2004/2002

be great so see a convoy sail from west coast US to UK....

Hi
I will do a convoy formation but not based on one mdl, which would give a strange turning behaviour - instead it will be done with routes made in Google Earth for FSX and P3D. I still miss one model - the Victory type - before it get so far that I start testing that.
Best regards
Henrik

kl791

July 22nd, 2015, 08:22

USS Enoree became the first of the T2 tanker models in P3D

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25457&stc=1

and USS Saugatuck the second

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25458&stc=1

Penz

July 22nd, 2015, 08:25

Gorgeous picture Henrik (the one with Enoree in the mist!).

hae5904

July 22nd, 2015, 08:26

Looks awesome Henrik!!

Hank

IFlySWA

July 22nd, 2015, 08:27

Fantastic!! :jump:

Brian

kl791

July 22nd, 2015, 09:27

And there are more... Caltex Manila and ESSO Sao Paulo

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25459&stc=1

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25460&stc=1

DaveB

July 22nd, 2015, 13:24

Speechless:applause:

ATB
DaveB:)

Butcherbird17

July 22nd, 2015, 15:50

Speechless:applause:

ATB
DaveB:)

Hey Dave,
Looks like the tanker you were working on can go into storage. This T2 tanker should fit in nicely with the project we talked about. :encouragement:
Although it's not the same class, (Cimarron-class oiler) it's close enough with a hull number change. Really looking forward to this.

Joe

mvg3d

July 22nd, 2015, 22:45

WOW !!!!

Any hope for a WWII convoy ?

:wavey::wavey::wavey::wavey:

kl791

July 23rd, 2015, 15:11

WOW !!!!

Any hope for a WWII convoy ?

:wavey::wavey::wavey:

Well, if you (or others) can guess what is coming next from the shipyard, you will get a convoy...

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25500&stc=1

DaveB

July 24th, 2015, 00:30

Have you finally found the missing Victory??

ATB
DaveB:)

kl791

July 24th, 2015, 03:38

Have you finally found the missing Victory??

ATB
DaveB:)

I guess that now I can't avoid doing a convoy... :wiggle: Last night the Victory class model went to the texturing workshop... Erwin Welker has provided a couple of escort ships, but I still need a couple of bad guys below the surface, before starting on the routes.

DaveB

July 24th, 2015, 04:17

Excellent:encouragement:

There's a pilotable U-Boat knocking around.. can't remember it's origins (think I got it from FSShipyards) nor if it has a deck gun. Been a long time since I've seen it 'in sim'. Seeing the speed at which you knock these complex ships out.. it shouldn't take you long to build a U-Boat;)
ATB
DaveB:)

DaveB

July 24th, 2015, 13:56

kl791

July 25th, 2015, 11:37

Henrik..

Thinking about it, you only need to model a periscope and have it appear (at a distance) at a given point of your route. How cool would that be.. a periscope with a wake effect added:encouragement:

They'd not be on the surface during the day after a convoy (I doubt) so there's no need to model a full submarine:)
ATB
DaveB:)

Hi Dave,
But if you hit the sub with a tacpack bomb it should stick the stern in the air... so I will still need to do the full boat... But as you wrote - it is not the most complex thing in the world to model.
Regards
Henrik

DaveB

July 25th, 2015, 11:48

Hi Dave,
But if you hit the sub with a tacpack bomb it should stick the stern in the air... so I will still need to do the full boat... But as you wrote - it is not the most complex thing in the world to model.
Regards
Henrik

Rgr that mate;) I don't have TP and hadn't considered that aspect. I was also working on the assumption that the convoy would have escorts and under these conditions.. I'd expect most (if not all) daylight attacks to be carried out submerged. As you say though.. TP opens up a world of possibilities. I may even invest in it one day;)
ATB
DaveB:)

Paul Domingue

July 25th, 2015, 12:07

I have a very old model that I started in Max 9 of the XII boat. You can have the source file if you wish. PM me if interested.

Edit: it's a VII-C boat Hull and tower done no details.

kl791

July 28th, 2015, 14:28

Paul's submarine has now been downloaded - looks great and I will bring her the lasts steps to launch. The Victory class has also advanced, so release could be expected sometime in August :)

DaveB

July 28th, 2015, 14:40

Ahh.. August isn't very far off at all:jump:

Thanks for the UD Henrik:encouragement:
ATB
DaveB:)

kl791

August 8th, 2015, 13:12

Not a lot of progres the last two weeks, but finally the Victory ships are getting ready in both civilian post war painting and in convoy configuration. All in all there will be 7 or 8 different models.

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=26217&stc=1

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=26218&stc=1

DaveB

August 8th, 2015, 13:17

Love em.. love em.. LOVE EM:applause:

The post war scheme is particularly attractive. VM looking forward to this set:encouragement:
ATB
DaveB:)

kl791

August 9th, 2015, 03:48

Hi Dave, so here comes the Tranquebar - a Victory ship taken over by the Danish East Asiatic Company after the war - in a P3D version

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=26240&stc=1

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=26241&stc=1

kl791

August 9th, 2015, 03:56

And a WWII version ready for the convoy

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=26242&stc=1

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=26243&stc=1

Penz

August 9th, 2015, 04:00

Tasty screenshots Henrik! :)

kl791

August 9th, 2015, 04:11

Tasty screenshots Henrik! :)

Thanks Penz, Next up the U-boat lurking under the surface...

DaveB

August 9th, 2015, 04:20

These old girls are so good.. I'd be tempted to make all my world shipping of this era. Tempted is one thing.. actually doing it is something else!!:biggrin-new:

ATB
DaveB:)

kl791

August 9th, 2015, 04:37

These old girls are so good.. I'd be tempted to make all my world shipping of this era. Tempted is one thing.. actually doing it is something else!!:biggrin-new:

ATB
DaveB:)

You will in the package also get the two last sailing Victory ships - the Red Oak Victory and the American Victory, so you can mix them with your modern ships - not need to change everything, but I guess the classic pack is approaching 50 - 60 models relevant for the period 1940 to the late sixties.

Bookman1960

February 12th, 2016, 07:01

Sir,

Is there any status or update of this amazing project!?

Thank you for the wonderful work you've provided for the enjoyment of all.

Bookman

kl791

February 29th, 2016, 13:20

Sir,

Is there any status or update of this amazing project!?

Thank you for the wonderful work you've provided for the enjoyment of all.

Bookman

Yes, there is a status... The sad truth is that the models are collecting dust on my computer , while I returned to add more models to the modern fleet... I might consider releasing them as individual AI models, because they are there - I just didn't get in the "today I will program a large convoy" mood - with the modern models it is easy to do routes and I have already the critical mass for adding realistic and varied traffic in all corners of the world - with the classic models it is more complicated to make routes as I have less models - I guess around 45-50 compared to 600 modern ships.

kl791

March 5th, 2016, 00:40

I just decided to release the T2 tankers and the Victory class plus a few other classic ships without routes - if someone wants to take a look at them before release and see if I messed up something please send me a PM and then they can hopefully be online next week.

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=35687&stc=1