Whaleback Steamship

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Whaleback Steamship

Alexander McDougall, a Great Lakes seaman, designed a vessel optimized for use on the Great Lakes. The McDougall design, described in several patents had a long hull with a nearly square lower cross-section and a rounded top. The width or beam was constant for most of its length, but tapered to narrow disks at either end. When fully laden the hull was submerged except for the curved deck, leading to the descriptive "whaleback" name. There was little freeboard and the deck would be awash in rough seas. Small cylindrical towers, one located at the bow for a capstan to handle anchor chain and several at the stern to support a raised cabin and bridge deck.

The Whaleback Steamship is a fully-rigged Poser figure, sized for Poser people, with a full bridge with operating helm, binnacle, and engine telegraph. The Whaleback can be configured for four different lengths. For fun an imaginary warship version with operating Nordenfelt guns is included.

(The model was built for Poser but loads and operates in DAZ Studio – see the ReadMe for particulars).

FIGURES
The Whaleback and Warship figures have ERC control at the Body level:
o Helm and rudder operate together
o Propeller turns
o Binnacle compass follows ship motion
o Engine telegraph operates
o All doors and hatches open
Warship variant includes operating Nordenfelt Gun figures
o Rotate, elevate, and fire gun
o Operate gun sights

PROPS
The ship figures are preloaded with props:
o Morphing flag
o Bulk cargo with adjustable level in hold
o Adjustable smoke
o Anchor sets

POSES
o M4 and V4 crew poses
o MAT poses for alternate ship names
o Length configuration poses
o Special poses to use Cybertenko's Hotchkiss Sixpounder

CAMERAS
o Full camera set tailored for easy viewing and rendering - Includes main, auxiliary, left, right, top, bottom, front and back cameras
o Many individual Dolly cameras to view exterior and interior details

LIGHTS
o Simple day and night light sets
o Special navigation and bridge lights

See the ReadMe file and view the product promos above for more information.

Software:  
Poser 7+, Poser 8 / Poser Pro 2010+, Poser 10 / Poser Pro 2014 +, Daz Studio 4, Poser 9 / Poser Pro 2012 +, Poser Pro 11

Renderosity
Props for Poser and Daz Studio