Hey everybody.

This time I've undertaken a project that stands very close to my heart. I've begun the work of recreating the ship I've worked on for the past five years, here in Minecraft. The vessel is around 90% correct according to real life. Leaving the last 10% to my freedom as designer, restrictions of the nature of minecraft and a simple matter of getting everything to fit in a proper manor :) As for the size, then 1 in game block represents aprox 0.5 meters in reality. (give and take a little)

I am very sorry for the MCEdit screenshots. But the shear size of this ship, makes it partially dissapear in the fog when in game. So in order to get a shoot of it, I had to use MCEdit... :/

The ship stands finished as it is. But there is also alot of things I would like to add. so it will most likely be updated soon :-)

As always I really hope you will enjoy this creation. This time perhaps even more, because I'm emotional attached to this particular ship! It's been my home away from home for the past 5 years. I work on it you see :-)
So even though it's been a real hazzle to complete, it's been worth while! Oh yeah btw.. It killed my trusty Logitech G5 mouse building this ship :'( Takes it toll placing block after block after block after........... xD

A few facts on this ship:

The real facts:

Built: 1993 At Fosen Mekaniske Værsteder (Edit: A shipyard in Norway)
Length: 134.4m
Height: 35m (25m to bridge)
Width: 24m
Gross Tonnage: 16.794 Tons
Service Speed: 19 Knots (35 km/t)
Draft: 5.2m (Max 5.6m)
Max Passenger Capacity: 840
Cabins: 212

The Minecraft rebuild:

Built: Denmark, built time aprox 2 weeks
Length 303 blocks
Height 80 Blocks
Width: 66 Blocks
Cabins: 264 incl crew cabins
Max Passenger Capacity: 704 incl crew
Block usage: 1599840 (MCEdit schematic incl air blocks)

The ship features:

- Scandinavian Buffe Restaurant
- Cafe Easy Meal
- Little Italy ( Ala Carte)
- Vikingfjord Nightclub
- Galley
- Reception
- Skybar
- Jail
- 7+1 Decks
- 2 Main Engines (Piston engines, they work)
- 2 Auxillary Engines (Also Piston engines that work)
- Much much more

Cheers

Mr. Blox