It's amazing how you guys reenacted the ship exactly as it was, to the smallest details. This reenactment is second to none and should be given them recognition to the team what is due. Love your channel ❤
Tom, I’ve followed your work since you were designing ships for Virtual Sailor over ten years ago. So amazed to see where you’re at now, the work you’ve completed. Here’s to ten more years, and many more.
@@MrBibi86 I also wonder what happened with that. But, in my opinion THG is finished. It's almost like every time there's a new version of Unreal Engine, they want to build a new hull. And now they're undertaking a huge painstaking task of recreating the hull of the ship plate by plate. It's sad to say, but I have serious doubts the game will ever actually come out and be sinkable.
I always was fascinated by lusitania she seemed a lot more Victorian looking than her rivals titanic and Olympic. I’m sad she’s not as well documented as titanic is but this will allow us to see angles of the ships interior that haven’t been seen by human eyes in over a century. What you’re doing here is beautiful and I thank you for the hard work and dedication. You really re opened one of my childhood passions for beautiful ships like this.
Her maiden voyage was 1907, they laid the keel down in 1904, which means they were designing her before that. So she's really the last of the Victorians in a way.
So you’re doing the Empress of Ireland next??? And PUH-LEASE add the regal suite in this so we can explore it, im so impressed with the Lusi/Mauretania’s regal suites 😩
As soon as you began describing how well known it was, and that you were hoping to get divers in the water I knew my prediction was Empress of Ireland. I'll be real bamboozeled it its a different empress though
I remember watching a documentary over 20 years ago about the sinking, and the words of one German historian have always stuck with me. "The sinking of the Lusitania was one of the first cases of modern total war... a terrible thing of course".
Wow! What an amazing recreation of this beautiful ship, I could actually imagine myself on it! You guys should be incredibly proud of yourselves, this has been a real privilege to watch. Very many thanks, with much love, and gratitude from Scotland 🙏🤗x
@@juliemanarin4127 Aww bless, thank you Julie 🤗 Your mother probably wouldn’t recognise Bedford now! Sadly, like many other places, they haven’t changed for the better! Scotland is the same, although I’m really lucky because I’m away from the big cities, Aberdeen being my nearest 20 miles away, we’ve even had lots of sun this week, 😃let’s hope it lasts for a while. 🤗xx
Waowe... for being a WIP this is beyond impressive, and even if it were to be released right now I would be in awe. When sampling the sheer, and how the matrices of uneven levels overlapped each other... I felt my entire body shift along; as if I were walking in the boat myself. That's some real dedication to meticulous detail ^^. Beautiful
This is fantastic! The attention to detail is remarkable. One truly can feel part of the ship as it's explored. I so love all of your videos I've seen...on land and sea. Thanks for making me feel a part of History.
This is fantastic. I can get behind this niche of accurate recreations of historical ocean liners. Titanic, now Lusitania, are there others I'm not aware of?
Looking forward to it, as well as the Empress of Ireland. Strikes me that with these two projects eventually being completed, there would be only one left to round off the selection of ships from the Lost Liners book/series (worth looking into if one loves Ken's paintings). The Andrea Doria.
Tremendous work. Floating through these corridors and knowing that it only took 18 minutes for all of these to become a crumpled husk is so tragic. And what a waste. An iceberg is an act of god, but to have this sent to the bottom by human hands... it's so tragic.
I'm loving the detail! Especially the accuracy of the detailing! You can really see that she's actually quite a small liner compared to even the Olympic Class.
I listened to the album and I have to say it's absolutely fantastic. It was cool to hear some classic works like "Oh, You Beautiful Doll". I particularly love the vintage renditions. Amazing work and congrats to you, J. Kent & Tessa Layton.
21:30 Is it going to be the EMPRESS OF IRELAND? That ship was worse than TITANIC (percentage of fatalities) , but people hear "EMPRESS OF IRELAND" and are like "who is she?" 😖 I missed your stream, but I'm SERIOUSLY hoping for the EMPRESS OF IRELAND! If anyone can bring her to the public's attention, it's You and your Hard working Group of historians!
Outstanding work Tom and team. Really looking forward to seeing this as it develops. Congrats on the explosive growth of your channel. I saw it coming 👍
Hey Tom, I have just stumbled across your videos on lost ship history and glad I did so, whilst watching your video on the S.S Sachem and through this one I wondered if you had heard of the Edmund Fitzgerald, an American Great Lakes freighter. She went down in November of 75 now sitting at the bottom of Lake Superior with an eerie tale to follow that I’m sure you’ll find as interesting as I do. Your project looks fantastic and I can’t wait to see the finished product.
I cannot express how excited I am for this project. The Lusitania is truly a fascinating ship, and I think it’s wonderful the amount of work you guys are putting into this.
If you are doing the RMS Empress of Ireland, there is one element to her story that DEMANDS its own detailed video: Captain Henry George Kendall. His life was so extraordinary, including his role in capturing the murderer Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen, that merely touching upon it in an Empress video may not be enough. Another RUclips channel proprietor, Maritime Horrors, said as such in his own video on the Empress of Ireland sinking.
Hi Tom. New subscriber to yr channel. luv every thing to do with history. recommend from faces of the forgotten. from 🇬🇧 an old cockney gal. b safe take care. 😄👍👍
My father, who remembered the Titanic's sinking, once, on an Irish cycling tour, spoke to the lighthouse keeper at the Old Head of Kinsale who witnessed Lusitania's sinking. He was certainly on duty and I believe the sinking was within sight of the Old Head.
The experience is absolutely stunning so far! I commend you and your'e team for doing this liner justice, and looking forward to you're next project and i already know what it is, it happens to be Canada's deadliest maritime disaster, is it?
Man Tom, I'm going to need a new computer for this one. I can barely move through the Titanic demos on the cheap compact Acer that I bought from Walmart four years ago and I upgraded it.
Incredible reproduction of the ship. Just one thing: if I was on board, I'd want to check the forward cargo holds. In his 1972 book, Colin Simpson makes a strong case that the ship was sunk by a cargo of boxes labelled "butter" and "cheese" - which actually contained gun cotton, of a type which would be unstable if it came into contact with sea water.
Thanks for the compliments! Some work has been done over the decades to try and validate the contents of the cargo hold and what has been found is that anything listed on the manifest and was recovered/found at the wreck only ever validates it, there was also some work done to validate the claim on the gun cotton and no credible source was ever found. Even if it was discovered to be true, where it was stored and where the impact of the torpedo was 100 feet+ and had three solid bulkheads separating to them, so even if it did exist, it could not have ignited
Colin Simpsons' book must be the worst thing that has happened to the study of the Lusitania. Many of his claims have been debunked. Much of this can be found in The Lusitania disaster by Bailey and Ryan and Conspiracies at Sea by J. Kent Layton.
@@Brunel1858 - Thank. So I assume you disagree with Colin Simpson, then? His book goes into the circumstances affecting the makeup of the cargo in considerable detail.
@@Astronist Yes, all the major Lusitania historians, like Eric & Bill Sauder, Mike P, Stuart W & J Kent Layton all have found that Most of the claims of Colin's book cannot be backed up or verified. And also the point that even if some major revelation is discovered in the future (which is highly doubtful) it would not change the outcome of the sinking since where the Torpedo struck and where any of the munitions were kept are so distant and have enough watertight compartments between them, nothing would have ignited had such explosive material existed.
@@PartTimeExplorer how is the Greyhound's Wake coming so far have you modeled up and created and added more rooms to explore on The Lusitania? also, there is this video game studio called Herteractive that makes these mystery games of Nancy Drew where you solve mysteries of all kinds and you also get to explore places like you are with the Lusitania in this simulation maybe you and your friends can join them and help them out with their animation and maybe suggest a mystery for them with either Titanic or Britanic or even The Lusitania or all the above.
What a thoroughly gorgeous and phenomenal endeavour of art that the Part-Time Explorer Team has created that brings the RMS Lusitania back to life. The details and digital mastery are extraordinary and tell the story of an entire age and society that was thought lost. The music and survivor voices ensure her story will live on. Having literally disembarked off RMS Queen Mary 2 this morning in Southampton, we met a lady who had joined the Cunard liner MV Queen Victoria for the 100th anniversary commemoration of the sinking of Lusitania. She said it was the most poignant and memorable cruise she had been on with the families of those lost and survivors, dignitaries and the people of Cobh/Queenstown in attendance with prominent roles. We realised last night that our disembarkation day was the 108th anniversary of the sinking, quite coincidentally. Upon learning of a deep interest in the human story of this great ship, she expressed her wish to gift the menus from that voyage to my archive and items from Lusitania, including a window from the starboard forward boat deck. For those on the Part-Time Explorer Team with an interest, you have our utmost support. Many thanks for your time, dedication and commitment to bringing this important chapter in history back to life and the attention of future generations.
You've done breathtaking work here. It's amazing to see how different her interiors were from her sister's. Mauretania had a darker look, with a lot of carved wood paneling. Lusitania is so light and airy! Just magnificent. What you're doing with these great ships is a gift to humanity, and a moving tribute to the ships that brings them back to vivid life for those of us who weren't born in time to witness the Golden Age of Ocean Travel.
I think you are talking about the Empress of Ireland! I hate that she is referred to as the Canadian Titanic, she was the Empress and will always be referred to as royalty.
New subscriber here and I absolutely love your content. You have single handed sparked my love of history again! Also now especially maritime history! Have you have given a thought to doing a series on famous or infamous lighthouses? Their history and stories of their time in service?
Games like these aren't my niche but seeing the standard of detail and amount of love and effort you're putting in for the sake of history means I'll definitely be getting this. If it's free I'll play the crap out of it, if it's for like 10 - 20 dollars I'll definitely be more than happy to buy it because I know it'll go to supporting you and the developers of the game, oh, and I'll still be playing the crap out of it :P. Looking forward for an early access build or more updates :)
The work you people have done on this project is incredible, I must ask though will this get an Xbox or console release. I along with so many others don't have a computer nearly powerful enough to experience this game.
8:44 just imagine looking down at all the people eating and talking while the sun goes through the windows and shines down on the people below and lighting up the beautiful interior
It would be awesome if your next project is the Empress of Ireland! My great grandmother came to Canada aboard that ship years after selling her ticket to Titanic (thank goodness for that), and not too far from where I live is another Canadian Pacific ship the S.S. Keewatin, which I always love visiting. The Keewatin looks quite similar to the Empress on the inside as well
This has shades of the over-hyping from the digital Titanic project…. I’m cautiously optimistic that’s not the case the time. The shots shown are gorgeous.
I'd love to see you guys do the Mauretania too. There's probably a lot more photographic evidence, seeing as she lasted into the 1930s. I'd also love to see the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. And the second Oceanic. And the Atlantic. And the second Adriatic. And the Carmania. And the Umbria. And the Queen Mary. And the Queen Elizabeth. And the second Georgic. And the Aquitania. And the Johan van Oldenbarnevelt. And the Nomadic. And the SS United States. And the SS America. And then once you do all those, do what the third Oceanic WOULD have been like. I'm joking, of course. This would be a ludicrous amount of work. Also, it's nice to see you guys knowing where to sacrifice detail and accuracy for the sake of time and performance. Like, I love Honor and Glory, and the team is doing incredible work, and the models are incredible, and demo 401 has been absolutely stunning, but it's like 50/50 whether the game will ever actually be finished. Like, you've been working on this for 3 years, and it sounds like you were saying you're nearing release and ready to move on to the next project. H&G has been at this for like, 10+ years, and they're only like 50% done. I'd love to see you guys step in and help them out. OR totally trump them by releasing a Titanic game before them. THAT would be funny. Anyway, your work is absolutely incredible. Can't wait until it's out.
Marvelous. Your model of Lucy (as those who affectionately nicknamed) is magnificent. Also, it's grand you lads have devoted some time to the Empress of Ireland.
Thanks for this update Tom. Congratulations on all of your new subscribers, which is a reflection of your top notch quality content and channel! Very well deserved! You and your team do such a great job with your videos and I'm really looking forward to this Lusitania museum and book! Thanks so much for all you do!
So what was the floor made of in the first class hallways? Was it plain linoleum, and was it the same all throughout the ship. I’m particularly interested to know what the 3rd class and crew area floors were made of, because I’ve seen some photos that appear to be wood plank and others that look like plain linoleum or just metal.
The number one experience I'm waiting for on Steam. I swear that when the page will be out I'll be on it and be one of the first five or ten to buy it!
PS I'd love to see your interpretation of the BIRKENHEAD one day ... 👍😀 There are artifacts from that wreck along with several others, in a Shipwreck Museum in the town of Bredasdorp in the southern Cape, South Africa, close to where I live.
As someone who has loved the 'Lucy' since I was 10 years old, and who proposed to their now wife by the Lusitania's propeller in Liverpool, I'm very much looking forward to this. Being able to virtually walk around my favourite liner is a big thing. I do have one question: Whilst I understand the focus on May 7th, 1915, and how she appeared then, I for one would love to be able to walk around her in her heyday, with her lovely 'Cunard Red' funnels (sort of an orange-red at that time). Is this something that's being planned, either for release or a later update? I never liked the black funnels and scrubbed-out name she had at the time of her sinking. :( Either way, amazing work so far, and really looking forward to release!
Looks amazing!!! The ONLY problem with your channel is that I've seen everything and hate having to wait for your next video! 😆 🤣 😂 Thank you for ALL the hard work and time that you put into these videos so we can watch and learn! I have learned much from watching your work, and it has inspired me to WANT to learn more! Thank you again!!!
How much longer before we see this video? Jack G. Animations just released his and while the animation is breathtaking, he has the ship reaching practically a 45 degree angle before she slips under. By all accounts of the sinking, that did not happen. Really looking forward to your video.
Absolutely amazing work, and looking forward to more about this project! (I do have to say, I had to giggle about all the chairs being turned around. Must have been a heck of a night 😉)
I got CHILLS at the end of the video. That's sooo eerie. I hope someone makes a movie or miniseries on this ship besides to that docudrama made in the 2000s. I love ocean liners and this is my second favorite
I sincerely wish I could like this video more than once. Your humour excels as always and appreciating the sheer amount of work put into virtually recreating this massive ocean liner makes me appreciate all the more the original work that went into creating the Lusitania in the first place. All of the people working on this project, truly, this is an amazing way to make History all the more tangible. Thank you for what you do. Edit: OMG, yesssss, I've wanted that next project of yours so dearly! Yes, please, it is imperious to get this Empress some proper attention. The teaser blows my mind already; the lighting looks gorgeous, the carvings and paintings are... truly dedication at its fineness. Wow. Just wow.
Could you give the Big Four class some love, Part-Time Explorer? And the High Flyers, Deutschland (1900), France (1910), City of New York (original configuration), City of Paris, City of Rome, Oceanic (1899), Lapland, and Belgenland. Maybe also recreate the Mauretania and Aquitania?
I read the book Dead Wake on the sinking of the Lusitania; the sadness of the ship's destruction as well a loss of life and artifacts is awful. Eighteen minutes and down. You and your fellows are doing a great service to history. Thank you so much.
10:26/ 22:37 Is that what the hotel hallways really look like? 15:24/ 22:37 And was there really a Fire Place in this room? also after you work on The Empress of Ireland and complete that shipwreck you should also do a simulation of the Lusitania twin sister ship Maurintina considering her sister ship interior was more different than the Lusitania was.
It's amazing how you guys reenacted the ship exactly as it was, to the smallest details. This reenactment is second to none and should be given them recognition to the team what is due. Love your channel ❤
Tom, I’ve followed your work since you were designing ships for Virtual Sailor over ten years ago. So amazed to see where you’re at now, the work you’ve completed. Here’s to ten more years, and many more.
when I was a kid I never thought I would meet another person who played Virtual Sailor lol
didn't he also use to be with Titanic Honor and Glory? what happened? Did he have a falling out with the other guys?
@@MrBibi86 I also wonder what happened with that. But, in my opinion THG is finished. It's almost like every time there's a new version of Unreal Engine, they want to build a new hull. And now they're undertaking a huge painstaking task of recreating the hull of the ship plate by plate. It's sad to say, but I have serious doubts the game will ever actually come out and be sinkable.
I'm really looking forward for the Lusitania game Tom. It's been a year and a half since I first saw in your channel. That was August 2021.
I always was fascinated by lusitania she seemed a lot more Victorian looking than her rivals titanic and Olympic. I’m sad she’s not as well documented as titanic is but this will allow us to see angles of the ships interior that haven’t been seen by human eyes in over a century. What you’re doing here is beautiful and I thank you for the hard work and dedication. You really re opened one of my childhood passions for beautiful ships like this.
aquatania was far more grander interior wise then the olympic class.
Do you mean Lusitania’s interior or exterior was more Victorian looking?
@Super Nostalgia
Doesn’t really pertain to this comment, but absolutely, amen! 👍
@SuperNostalgia. That has nothing to do with the video xd
Her maiden voyage was 1907, they laid the keel down in 1904, which means they were designing her before that. So she's really the last of the Victorians in a way.
So you’re doing the Empress of Ireland next???
And PUH-LEASE add the regal suite in this so we can explore it, im so impressed with the Lusi/Mauretania’s regal suites 😩
Thanks for the update, I'm very much looking forward to this.
As soon as you began describing how well known it was, and that you were hoping to get divers in the water I knew my prediction was Empress of Ireland. I'll be real bamboozeled it its a different empress though
Looks like y'all have been doing great work on this! We're in a golden age of ship recreations and I'm here for it.
I remember watching a documentary over 20 years ago about the sinking, and the words of one German historian have always stuck with me. "The sinking of the Lusitania was one of the first cases of modern total war... a terrible thing of course".
The Liners: Ships of War
Wow! What an amazing recreation of this beautiful ship, I could actually imagine myself on it! You guys should be incredibly proud of yourselves, this has been a real privilege to watch. Very many thanks, with much love, and gratitude from Scotland 🙏🤗x
Absolutely!! Superb...greetings to you from Chicago! My mom was from Bedford England!
@@juliemanarin4127 Aww bless, thank you Julie 🤗 Your mother probably wouldn’t recognise Bedford now! Sadly, like many other places, they haven’t changed for the better! Scotland is the same, although I’m really lucky because I’m away from the big cities, Aberdeen being my nearest 20 miles away, we’ve even had lots of sun this week, 😃let’s hope it lasts for a while. 🤗xx
Absolutely fantastic! I’m glad to see that Lusitania is finally getting some real love, it’s long overdue!
Waowe... for being a WIP this is beyond impressive, and even if it were to be released right now I would be in awe. When sampling the sheer, and how the matrices of uneven levels overlapped each other... I felt my entire body shift along; as if I were walking in the boat myself. That's some real dedication to meticulous detail ^^. Beautiful
I am reading Dead Wake right now. It's a fantastic book. I look forward to having visials to flesh out the events in my mind.
This is fantastic! The attention to detail is remarkable. One truly can feel part of the ship as it's explored. I so love all of your videos I've seen...on land and sea. Thanks for making me feel a part of History.
This is fantastic. I can get behind this niche of accurate recreations of historical ocean liners. Titanic, now Lusitania, are there others I'm not aware of?
This is looking brilliant Tom! You and the team have been working very hard to create all of this amazing game! You should be very proud 🙂
So that's very nice and very impressive!
Will there be an engine room and boilerrooms added too?
Looking forward to it, as well as the Empress of Ireland. Strikes me that with these two projects eventually being completed, there would be only one left to round off the selection of ships from the Lost Liners book/series (worth looking into if one loves Ken's paintings).
The Andrea Doria.
Tremendous work. Floating through these corridors and knowing that it only took 18 minutes for all of these to become a crumpled husk is so tragic. And what a waste. An iceberg is an act of god, but to have this sent to the bottom by human hands... it's so tragic.
Impressive work! It looks fantastic! The book sounds great too! Will the Musical Tribute be put out on vinyl or cassette? Thanks Tom!
Wow this was amazing attention to detail. Bravo!
Looking good, now I wanna game modeling the Andrea Doria, I think it would be stellar seeing all of the artwork the vessel was famous for.
Just when I finally got my head round the layout of Titanic, I'm going to have to memorize all of Lusitania's corridors.
I'm loving the detail! Especially the accuracy of the detailing! You can really see that she's actually quite a small liner compared to even the Olympic Class.
I listened to the album and I have to say it's absolutely fantastic. It was cool to hear some classic works like "Oh, You Beautiful Doll". I particularly love the vintage renditions. Amazing work and congrats to you, J. Kent & Tessa Layton.
Thank you for the kind feedback, my wife and I really appreciate it!
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Is it going to be the EMPRESS OF IRELAND? That ship was worse than TITANIC (percentage of fatalities) , but people hear "EMPRESS OF IRELAND" and are like "who is she?" 😖 I missed your stream, but I'm SERIOUSLY hoping for the EMPRESS OF IRELAND!
If anyone can bring her to the public's attention, it's You and your Hard working Group of historians!
Outstanding work Tom and team. Really looking forward to seeing this as it develops. Congrats on the explosive growth of your channel. I saw it coming 👍
This really feels like the future for museums/historic experiences. A new genre in video games driven by some of the most passionate people around.
You’re putting out great content! 🤙🏻💪🏻🤙🏻
Hey Tom, I have just stumbled across your videos on lost ship history and glad I did so, whilst watching your video on the S.S Sachem and through this one I wondered if you had heard of the Edmund Fitzgerald, an American Great Lakes freighter. She went down in November of 75 now sitting at the bottom of Lake Superior with an eerie tale to follow that I’m sure you’ll find as interesting as I do. Your project looks fantastic and I can’t wait to see the finished product.
Incredible. Truly incredible! The sets and designs are so well detailed.
Also, they're gonna do the Empress of Ireland next? Awesome!
I cannot express how excited I am for this project. The Lusitania is truly a fascinating ship, and I think it’s wonderful the amount of work you guys are putting into this.
If you are doing the RMS Empress of Ireland, there is one element to her story that DEMANDS its own detailed video: Captain Henry George Kendall. His life was so extraordinary, including his role in capturing the murderer Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen, that merely touching upon it in an Empress video may not be enough. Another RUclips channel proprietor, Maritime Horrors, said as such in his own video on the Empress of Ireland sinking.
Hi Tom. New subscriber to yr channel. luv every thing to do with history. recommend from faces of the forgotten. from 🇬🇧 an old cockney gal. b safe take care. 😄👍👍
Brilliant work and definitely a day one purchase!. We're lucky to have such talented folk in the historical ship nerd family! 😆
Empress of Ireland! Cool!
I was initially thinking the SS Atlantic, but the Empress of Ireland is good.
My father, who remembered the Titanic's sinking, once, on an Irish cycling tour, spoke to the lighthouse keeper at the Old Head of Kinsale who witnessed Lusitania's sinking. He was certainly on duty and I believe the sinking was within sight of the Old Head.
The experience is absolutely stunning so far! I commend you and your'e team for doing this liner justice, and looking forward to you're next project and i already know what it is, it happens to be Canada's deadliest maritime disaster, is it?
Man Tom, I'm going to need a new computer for this one. I can barely move through the Titanic demos on the cheap compact Acer that I bought from Walmart four years ago and I upgraded it.
Must be empress of Ireland that will be next. Only empress ship I can think of that sank in water shallow enough for diving.
Incredible reproduction of the ship. Just one thing: if I was on board, I'd want to check the forward cargo holds. In his 1972 book, Colin Simpson makes a strong case that the ship was sunk by a cargo of boxes labelled "butter" and "cheese" - which actually contained gun cotton, of a type which would be unstable if it came into contact with sea water.
Thanks for the compliments! Some work has been done over the decades to try and validate the contents of the cargo hold and what has been found is that anything listed on the manifest and was recovered/found at the wreck only ever validates it, there was also some work done to validate the claim on the gun cotton and no credible source was ever found. Even if it was discovered to be true, where it was stored and where the impact of the torpedo was 100 feet+ and had three solid bulkheads separating to them, so even if it did exist, it could not have ignited
Colin Simpsons' book must be the worst thing that has happened to the study of the Lusitania. Many of his claims have been debunked. Much of this can be found in The Lusitania disaster by Bailey and Ryan and Conspiracies at Sea by J. Kent Layton.
@@Brunel1858 - Thank. So I assume you disagree with Colin Simpson, then? His book goes into the circumstances affecting the makeup of the cargo in considerable detail.
@@Astronist Yes, all the major Lusitania historians, like Eric & Bill Sauder, Mike P, Stuart W & J Kent Layton all have found that Most of the claims of Colin's book cannot be backed up or verified. And also the point that even if some major revelation is discovered in the future (which is highly doubtful) it would not change the outcome of the sinking since where the Torpedo struck and where any of the munitions were kept are so distant and have enough watertight compartments between them, nothing would have ignited had such explosive material existed.
This is incredible!!! I am SO EXCITED to see the final product!!!! And Empress of Ireland too, excellent!!
Hi Tom, I’m on here after watching faces of the forgotten. Ron mentioned you. Can’t wait to see what your shows will show. God Bless
I’m actually with Ron right this minute!
@@PartTimeExplorer how is the Greyhound's Wake coming so far have you modeled up and created and added more rooms to explore on The Lusitania?
also, there is this video game studio called Herteractive that makes these mystery games of Nancy Drew where you solve mysteries of all kinds and you also get to explore places like you are with the Lusitania in this simulation maybe you and your friends can join them and help them out with their animation and maybe suggest a mystery for them with either Titanic or Britanic or even The Lusitania or all the above.
I’m pretty confident that he was hinting at the Empress of Ireland for his next project
What a thoroughly gorgeous and phenomenal endeavour of art that the Part-Time Explorer Team has created that brings the RMS Lusitania back to life. The details and digital mastery are extraordinary and tell the story of an entire age and society that was thought lost. The music and survivor voices ensure her story will live on. Having literally disembarked off RMS Queen Mary 2 this morning in Southampton, we met a lady who had joined the Cunard liner MV Queen Victoria for the 100th anniversary commemoration of the sinking of Lusitania. She said it was the most poignant and memorable cruise she had been on with the families of those lost and survivors, dignitaries and the people of Cobh/Queenstown in attendance with prominent roles. We realised last night that our disembarkation day was the 108th anniversary of the sinking, quite coincidentally. Upon learning of a deep interest in the human story of this great ship, she expressed her wish to gift the menus from that voyage to my archive and items from Lusitania, including a window from the starboard forward boat deck. For those on the Part-Time Explorer Team with an interest, you have our utmost support. Many thanks for your time, dedication and commitment to bringing this important chapter in history back to life and the attention of future generations.
Looking forward to the Lusitania experience. Keep up great work with the project and all props to the team!
You've done breathtaking work here. It's amazing to see how different her interiors were from her sister's. Mauretania had a darker look, with a lot of carved wood paneling. Lusitania is so light and airy! Just magnificent.
What you're doing with these great ships is a gift to humanity, and a moving tribute to the ships that brings them back to vivid life for those of us who weren't born in time to witness the Golden Age of Ocean Travel.
I cant wait! I love Lusitania! She is absolutely my favorite ocean liner, she was just so beautiful!
Great work on building this beautiful ship, she really looks great. Are you guys going to do a live time sinking?
I think you are talking about the Empress of Ireland! I hate that she is referred to as the Canadian Titanic, she was the Empress and will always be referred to as royalty.
"She doesn't seem to be sinking, but don't worry! She will.."
Me: Oh, (sigh) what a relief!
When is it comeing out
New subscriber here and I absolutely love your content. You have single handed sparked my love of history again! Also now especially maritime history! Have you have given a thought to doing a series on famous or infamous lighthouses? Their history and stories of their time in service?
Games like these aren't my niche but seeing the standard of detail and amount of love and effort you're putting in for the sake of history means I'll definitely be getting this. If it's free I'll play the crap out of it, if it's for like 10 - 20 dollars I'll definitely be more than happy to buy it because I know it'll go to supporting you and the developers of the game, oh, and I'll still be playing the crap out of it :P.
Looking forward for an early access build or more updates :)
The work you people have done on this project is incredible, I must ask though will this get an Xbox or console release. I along with so many others don't have a computer nearly powerful enough to experience this game.
I think I like the bright airy interiors of the Lusitania more than the Titanic's darker country house feel.
Simply outstanding i am completely hocked your back ground history on all your subjects is a wonder keep on !
8:44 just imagine looking down at all the people eating and talking while the sun goes through the windows and shines down on the people below and lighting up the beautiful interior
It would be awesome if your next project is the Empress of Ireland! My great grandmother came to Canada aboard that ship years after selling her ticket to Titanic (thank goodness for that), and not too far from where I live is another Canadian Pacific ship the S.S. Keewatin, which I always love visiting. The Keewatin looks quite similar to the Empress on the inside as well
This has shades of the over-hyping from the digital Titanic project…. I’m cautiously optimistic that’s not the case the time. The shots shown are gorgeous.
Gosh what a haunting way to end it. Will there be AI people in the virtual museum?
For seeing this the first time, this is an amazing amount of detail. Y'all are doing a fantastic job. Can't wait to see the final
I hope its not empty meaning during the sinking ur alone, that wont feel the pressure of worry but who am I to blame
This is incredible! Is there any way we can support the project, like a Patreon?
Just like with the Titanic one, can't wait when this gets complete.
You tell stories so well ... I really enjoy your stories
Can’t wait for the Empress of Ireland? Next? I’m guessing that’s it. Yup.
Great to it all coming together really well can't wait to see it finished you have all done a marvelous job well done 👍
This is going to be awsome!!! Always been interested in the Lusitania! I hope you can include the engine room! That would be AWSOME!!!
I'd love to see you guys do the Mauretania too. There's probably a lot more photographic evidence, seeing as she lasted into the 1930s. I'd also love to see the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. And the second Oceanic. And the Atlantic. And the second Adriatic. And the Carmania. And the Umbria. And the Queen Mary. And the Queen Elizabeth. And the second Georgic. And the Aquitania. And the Johan van Oldenbarnevelt. And the Nomadic. And the SS United States. And the SS America. And then once you do all those, do what the third Oceanic WOULD have been like. I'm joking, of course. This would be a ludicrous amount of work. Also, it's nice to see you guys knowing where to sacrifice detail and accuracy for the sake of time and performance. Like, I love Honor and Glory, and the team is doing incredible work, and the models are incredible, and demo 401 has been absolutely stunning, but it's like 50/50 whether the game will ever actually be finished. Like, you've been working on this for 3 years, and it sounds like you were saying you're nearing release and ready to move on to the next project. H&G has been at this for like, 10+ years, and they're only like 50% done. I'd love to see you guys step in and help them out. OR totally trump them by releasing a Titanic game before them. THAT would be funny. Anyway, your work is absolutely incredible. Can't wait until it's out.
Marvelous. Your model of Lucy (as those who affectionately nicknamed) is magnificent. Also, it's grand you lads have devoted some time to the Empress of Ireland.
That piano sounds absolutely amazing. Beautifully haunting. It chokes me up with emotion.
Been following your work for as long as I can remember. Hope this gets as much hype as Britannic did.
Thanks for this update Tom. Congratulations on all of your new subscribers, which is a reflection of your top notch quality content and channel! Very well deserved! You and your team do such a great job with your videos and I'm really looking forward to this Lusitania museum and book! Thanks so much for all you do!
So what was the floor made of in the first class hallways? Was it plain linoleum, and was it the same all throughout the ship. I’m particularly interested to know what the 3rd class and crew area floors were made of, because I’ve seen some photos that appear to be wood plank and others that look like plain linoleum or just metal.
@Dennis Wilson
Yeah that’s what I figured. Do you happen to know if that was first class only or was it used in 2nd & 3rd as well?
shame the aquatania wasnt saved in the 50s. last of this gen of victorian liners
Wow, I forgot how pretty the Lusitania was. Beautiful recreation!
The number one experience I'm waiting for on Steam. I swear that when the page will be out I'll be on it and be one of the first five or ten to buy it!
PS I'd love to see your interpretation of the BIRKENHEAD one day ... 👍😀 There are artifacts from that wreck along with several others, in a Shipwreck Museum in the town of Bredasdorp in the southern Cape, South Africa, close to where I live.
Wow so awesome. The story is amazing. Very interesting. Good job 👍 😊
I'm glad this got its own video after the livestream. Man, that ship looks (as Crippen once said of the space shuttle) like all kinds of muscle.
As someone who has loved the 'Lucy' since I was 10 years old, and who proposed to their now wife by the Lusitania's propeller in Liverpool, I'm very much looking forward to this. Being able to virtually walk around my favourite liner is a big thing. I do have one question: Whilst I understand the focus on May 7th, 1915, and how she appeared then, I for one would love to be able to walk around her in her heyday, with her lovely 'Cunard Red' funnels (sort of an orange-red at that time). Is this something that's being planned, either for release or a later update? I never liked the black funnels and scrubbed-out name she had at the time of her sinking. :(
Either way, amazing work so far, and really looking forward to release!
Looks amazing!!! The ONLY problem with your channel is that I've seen everything and hate having to wait for your next video! 😆 🤣 😂
Thank you for ALL the hard work and time that you put into these videos so we can watch and learn! I have learned much from watching your work, and it has inspired me to WANT to learn more! Thank you again!!!
This is simply amazing work! You deserve all the good things to come from your efforts!
My ten year old grandmother and her mother survived that fateful event.
How much longer before we see this video? Jack G. Animations just released his and while the animation is breathtaking, he has the ship reaching practically a 45 degree angle before she slips under. By all accounts of the sinking, that did not happen. Really looking forward to your video.
Just subscribed, heard of your channel from Faces Not Forgotten with Ron.Hey from South Carolina.Will be watching.
Empress of Ireland will be your next project. We passed her grave sight on a QE2 cruise to Quebec Canada in 1999 coming down the Saint Lawrence River.
Absolutely amazing work, and looking forward to more about this project! (I do have to say, I had to giggle about all the chairs being turned around. Must have been a heck of a night 😉)
I'll need to pick up a new VR headset. I'm pumped!
I got CHILLS at the end of the video. That's sooo eerie. I hope someone makes a movie or miniseries on this ship besides to that docudrama made in the 2000s. I love ocean liners and this is my second favorite
Brilliant, Tom! I can hardly wait to see more.
Can’t wait for the Empress of Ireland 👍🏻🖤🖤
I sincerely wish I could like this video more than once. Your humour excels as always and appreciating the sheer amount of work put into virtually recreating this massive ocean liner makes me appreciate all the more the original work that went into creating the Lusitania in the first place.
All of the people working on this project, truly, this is an amazing way to make History all the more tangible. Thank you for what you do.
Edit: OMG, yesssss, I've wanted that next project of yours so dearly! Yes, please, it is imperious to get this Empress some proper attention. The teaser blows my mind already; the lighting looks gorgeous, the carvings and paintings are... truly dedication at its fineness.
Wow. Just wow.
Could you give the Big Four class some love, Part-Time Explorer? And the High Flyers, Deutschland (1900), France (1910), City of New York (original configuration), City of Paris, City of Rome, Oceanic (1899), Lapland, and Belgenland. Maybe also recreate the Mauretania and Aquitania?
listen Tom, I may be running Windows 10, but I am still playing Railroad Tycoon 2 as well(just did last week)
I read the book Dead Wake on the sinking of the Lusitania; the sadness of the ship's destruction as well a loss of life and artifacts is awful. Eighteen minutes and down. You and your fellows are doing a great service to history. Thank you so much.
10:26/ 22:37 Is that what the hotel hallways really look like?
15:24/ 22:37 And was there really a Fire Place in this room?
also after you work on The Empress of Ireland and complete that shipwreck you should also do a simulation of the Lusitania twin sister ship Maurintina considering her sister ship interior was more different than the Lusitania was.
When might this be released? Or when is the next update? It's been almost a year since this video. I'm very excited!
Hope you do one of these on the Edmund Fitzgerald