A 3D tribute to SS FRANCE

My name is Dominique Vaccaro, I'm currently living in Marseille, South of France and I'm a ship buff, especially passenger ships like yachts, cruise ships, liners and ferries. Drawing, designing ships or building ships models is my passion since my childhood when I began to study them with care (or I should say with obsession) and enthusiasm. I then managed to acquire some technical background and to experience a short maritime career.

Several years ago, I discovered and began to use 3D software with great interest.

How to join these two passions? ...This 3D model of SS  FRANCE and this web site is an answer to this.

This ship was modeled and pictures are rendered with the powerful NURBS modeler Rhinoceros 3D (www.rhino3d.com) and its basic renderer.

Several things have still to be done, like integrating this model into games  for offering a new experience to gamers (currently Virtual Sailor) or like new  animations and movies  that will be available soon, in order to provide a true tribute that tis remarkable ship deserves .

Any comments or questions will be welcomed.

For contacting me, please e-mail me here: Dominique Vaccaro .

I hope you'll enjoy your visit here and I look forward to hearing from you.

Introduction

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