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Ok, the model is derived from Deckplans from her time with ZIM and Epirotiki, an almost dead abeam photo for her sheer line, and as many pics as I could dig up online...not many.
Using one pixel-based program, and one vector-based, printed 'keel' and decks scaled to 1/400...31.68cm by 4.97cm. I realize there are parallax issues with using a photo in place of a proper diagram, but I figured it would be closer to the prototype than sheer-less. My first hull came to an abrupt end when I realized I had a scaling error with the Restaurant deck, and so I tried again. The ship's stairwells were used to locate each deck in relation to the others. I laid the ship out in terms of 'frames' 10mm apart, each deck having a uniform frame height except for the lowest, where varying the height of the frame would establish the sheer line.
I was mostly happy with the second hull to that point, and in my greenness, tried to make the hull sides. The original hope was that I could print each side as one piece, no seams, since she is small enough to fit on American Legal size. I used successive dummy sides, pieced together, to get to a final shape; then scanned that shape. Again using the deck plans and photos, tried to accurately-ish place the details.
I printed off the sides and ran out of ink, and it might be a little bit before I can get more...so in spite of me finding an error, duplicated on each side, I cut the sides to fit, and proceeded forward anyway: the error is right as the hull sides go from being parelell and taper aft. Unfortunately, this misplaced a bunch of portholes still, but that means also I didn't have them in the right place to begin with. I still continued, maybe out of impatience? in spite of the problem.
As always, the ship deserves better. But even with my errors, I hope to have captured something of the real ship's visual character. At this point I have the funnel framed and the most important part of the mast.
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