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Tomek Damas, from Koga and Kartonwork forums, is building his model of ocean tug Smit Rotterdam and has shared with BoatModelling.com his texts and pictures.

Smit Rotterdam was built in 1975 for Smit International BV in Holland, and was at the time of its completion the largest and most powerful tugboat in the world - with a tonnage of 2'273 tons, a length of 75 m, a 22'000 HP engine and a top speed of 16.5 knots.

Above picture shows ready made model from Billing Boats.

Scale - 1:75, length - 90 cm, width - 20 cm, height - 50 cm.

The hull is a typical plank on bulkheads build (POB), deckhouses made of wood, deck accessories are mixture of wood, metal and plastic.

And this is original Smit Rotterdam.

Content of Billing Boats set with laser cut bulkheads: 

It will be RC model (Remote Control) with some considerations of functional deck machines and equipment. 

At first the frame of the model has been assembled using supplied laser cut plywood bulkheads and balsa blocks:

But later on...
things have changed dramatically, and kit's bashing has started.

Since the model will have direct contact with water it is better to eliminate all wooden parts and got swapped the with plexy glass PCV and polyester boards. The frame has been rebuilt from scratch as seen on below pictures.
PCV is like hard styrofoam that can be cut with sharp knife and leaves smoth edges. The hull is being planked now with polystryrene stripes.

To be continued...