Andersonville in 1/72 scale

Anonymous

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November 2005

Andersonville in 1/72 scale

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 12, 2004 4:22 PM

Well, here are some pictures of my Andersonville dio. I have not worked much in this scale and it is amazing all the flubs one finds in a picture!
Well, as per our thread on concentration camps, it really would be hard to model this scene in the true horror it was.

A few facts, Andersonville openned in 1864 in February.
It was an open stockade.
The dead line was added when it was felt the prisoners were too easily digging under the wall.
The only stream became polluted very quickly. Note the fellow on the log.
There were raiders who stole from the fresh fish. They had nice tents, clothes, and supplied. They are in the right rear.
The wagon crew is checking on those who died in the night.
Outside, there is a guard house, the stocks that were used, a camp for off duty guards. One end shows five runaways coming back and the other shows three soldiers with leg irons and large stone - punishment for running, after time in the stocks.
I will probably play with poses and such, but would like any comments you may have.

<Mike F>

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http://www.wcnet.org/~rmfrench/images.html/

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cassibill

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February 2003
From: Indiana, USA

Posted by cassibill on Monday, April 12, 2004 4:41 PM

That's really something. What's the dimensions??

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 12, 2004 7:36 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by cassibill

That's really something. What's the dimensions??

The base is a 24" x 36" bulletin board. The ground is built up on the cork.
Thanks for looking. MF

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ajlafleche

Member since
December 2002
From: Massachusetts

Posted by ajlafleche on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 7:20 AM

Very well laid out.
I know it would have been very time consuming but removing the cartridge boxes and their shoulder straps would have made your figures more credible. Since the Confederacy was cronicaly short of suplies, cartridge boxes and cap pouches would have been confiscated rather quickly, especially since the prisoners would have had no use for them.
You've intergrated a numberof "colored" troops with the white troops. Given the level of segregation that was common throughout the North in general and hte army in particular, is this accurate?
Nice use of various Union uniforms, some Zoauves, at least one Berdan's Sharpshooter. Good job there. The landscaping, too, looks great.
And I agree, see a piece of work on the computer screen suddenly shows up a whole bunch of stuff that wasn't evident to the Mark I VSO (Visual Sighting Orb)

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 8:23 AM

Thanks for your comments.
The research I have done and continue to do speaks of no exchange because Grant would not exchange for the "colored" troops. So they were in the stockade I think. It probably makes sense that they would be in clusters by themselves. This would be easy to do.
I did try to remove packs on some figures but got really weird results. Removing the rifles and handguns alone did a number on my hands--no stitches though. And yes, I have found references to both Berdan rifles and Zuaves at the prison.
Still a work in progress, many more people to come.

MF

QUOTE: Originally posted by ajlafleche

Very well laid out.
I know it would have been very time consuming but removing the cartridge boxes and their shoulder straps would have made your figures more credible. Since the Confederacy was cronicaly short of suplies, cartridge boxes and cap pouches would have been confiscated rather quickly, especially since the prisoners would have had no use for them.
You've intergrated a numberof "colored" troops with the white troops. Given the level of segregation that was common throughout the North in general and hte army in particular, is this accurate?
Nice use of various Union uniforms, some Zoauves, at least one Berdan's Sharpshooter. Good job there. The landscaping, too, looks great.
And I agree, see a piece of work on the computer screen suddenly shows up a whole bunch of stuff that wasn't evident to the Mark I VSO (Visual Sighting Orb)