Future Projects…

Building upon the skills I learned through the development of the Saratoga and Enterprise environments, there are numerous other vessels I would like to model. Though not in any particular order, I have illustrated the next few vessels on my radar in the images below. I would like to create a full model of the SS Leviathan, which was a German designed and built ocean liner that was taken as a reparations prize by the United States after World War I. Though she was launched only two years after the RMS Titanic, she was much more impressive in many ways, in my humble opinion. I also want to construct several “Lakers” that have note-worthy historical significance and help illustrate the “boats” I worked on years ago. To that point, I recently began blocking out the model of the SS Carl D. Bradley. So, the future is starting to take shape. I also have a good set of plans for the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) and have been eagerly anticipating the opportunity to apply the model and environment building lessons I have been learning to a vessel class similar to the original inspiration for this website.

SS Santa Ana was built in 1918 by William Cramp and Sons in Philadelphia, PA. She was 374 feet long, 51 feet wide, displacing 4,689 tons at a 22 foot 9 inch draft. She was powered by a 3,400 horsepower triple expansion steam engine, fed by two scotch boilers, which gave her a top speed of 12 knots. She was owned by W. R. Grace and Co. of New York. She was one of four vessels of the same dimensions built for the Grace Line at this time for their inter-coastal service from New York City to South America and the U.S. West Coast. I don’t have any drawings of her interior arrangement at this point, so this project may be a bit more of a free-hand design.

Photographed by Edwin Levick, New York
Naval Historical Center photo NH 70465

U.S.Navy photo NH 43287

SS Wilfred Sykes - 678’ length overall - Built in 1949 - Converted to Self Unloader in 1975