Hi, I joined the community in 2008.
Before this date I had no computer big enough to be able to handle bigger 3D models.
In 2010 I joined a contest by Vstep, developers of Ship Simulator Extremes, called the Shipsim CCC (Content Creators Contest).
Out of a joke I developed 2 ships in AC3D, m.s. Contest & m.s.Winner.
Both models had an open and closed version.
To my big suprise m.s. Winner became a 3rd place winner in the CCC!
Test sailing in Vehicle Simulator gave an impression of how it would look
This state was in the begin stage of building m.s. Winner; some errors needed to be cleared.
And as proof m.s. Winner does actually sail in Ship Simulator Extremes:
Vstep did however alter the Winner: They chose the ship with closed hatches and topped booms, so a fair combination of 2 ships I made for the contest.
I am sorry I had no time to post this earlier, but this Winner was build with a full version of AC3D. The limmit to only use 4 pictures in a topic made it less clear how the Winner finally became a 3rd prize winner.
Also posted for those who think AC3D is not for professional use