The ship on the left is what is already printed. On the right is the progress on the PC
It is assumed that if you are often on board or on one of the sister ships, you know a ship like the back of your hand. That's the way it is in itself. But when you then start looking at the replica of a ship, you realize what you don't know. A lot of things can be figured out by looking at the deck plans on the Mein Schiff website - but not everything. For example, did you look up on deck 5 and see the structure below the decks? This is where YouTubers come in. In this way already
many thanks to "Schiffstester Matthias Morr"!
Basically, he was just doing his job and didn't help me consciously or actively. Rather, he helped me a lot with a special contribution. However, I have to say that I didn't focus on the information he said, but rather on the video itself - which is by no means meant to be derogatory. To get in the mood for the next family holiday, we have already got many impressions from Matthias Morr. That's why I had the idea to get information via YouTube. Finally, Matthias made a video of Mein Schiff 3 doing a complete tour from the bow tip over deck 5 on the starboard side aft to the diamond and on the port side back forward to the bow tip. This video lasts almost 10 minutes and it's only available in German language.
(PrintShip3D is not responsible for the content of the video)
Along this walk, I was able to see the positions of all windows, ventilation grilles, sliding doors, other passages or details on deck 5 and implement them accordingly. The video will probably help me later when positioning the lifeboats.
After I had used the video to get to all the areas that are required for my Deck 5 outer walls, I naturally also had to prepare the areas for the balconies on Deck 6. This turned out to be a bit more difficult than I thought, since I had to get on the same level with deck 6, the crew deck and the level of the bow tip. Normal images from Google and Co. were used here again. (in the picture already with the balconies - otherwise it looks really boring)
The lifeboat areas will remain empty for a little longer. I installed small struts inside the outer deck walls. These struts are located exactly at the positions where the frames are located in the fuselage. This is how the deckhouse will later stand on the stable frames of the hull. In addition, the struts also represent the connection points here, which are later cut into sections in order to print them out one after the other.
The positioning of the two bulges was also a bit more complicated. Here I noticed that perspective distortions of photos can have a fatal effect on model building. The problem was that the hull is already printed. In the area of ​​the day&night bistro or the hanami, on the other side, there was a glass front, which extends outwards like a winter garden. In the video by Matthias Morr you can see that quite well. However, when building the hull, I used the deck plans from TUICruises and placed them on the hull. Apparently TUICruises changed these plans a bit, so the position of this conservatory on the plans does not match the position in reality. Of course, I can't simply change that when building the deck, otherwise the part wouldn't fit into the recesses in the hull. Stupid thing... but that's the way it is now. Reprinting the hull is out of the question. So I had to revise the position of the conservatory on both sides - I didn't use the mirror function as I was afraid it wouldn't fit. So ran twice and in detail, vertex for vertex adapted and rebuilt. In such a way that the deck fits into the opening in the hull, but the conservatory is positioned where it really should be. The result is this one:
Later you will only see a small transition seam, because the rest is kept in the same color. This is done for illustrative purposes only. Should this ship ever go on sale, I will fundamentally rework the whole structure on deck 5, as this is not 100% satisfactory - but it is now. My Mein Schiff is the prototype and there to discover such errors.
Another highlight of Deck 5 is the Great Freedom area. After the "HANAMI" and "Day&Night Bistro" areas, head towards the aft ship. Along the ventilation systems (inside this is shown by the "empty" longitudinal corridors) you get in the direction of the "Schaubar". Here there are large "Atlantic windows" on both sides, where you can sit well in the bar. Here the number of windows varies on both sides of the deck. Then it goes further aft. Here is the steakhouse and the restaurant "La Spezia". The area of ​​the ship is called "Great Freedom" and ends in the well-known diamond at the stern of the ship. This is still missing and will receive an extra contribution in the next week. Thank you for your attention. Leave likes, comments or share the posts on Facebook and Instagram - I would be very happy.
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