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Ironclad ships of the American Civil War

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  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 8:55 PM

That's ambitous. I'd have a tough enough finishing a kit myself. LOL

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 Eric 

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    October 2010
Posted by sumter III on Sunday, December 12, 2010 9:15 PM

I see a few on there, I talked to him about the Palmetto State which he sells for about $20.00.

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    August 2005
  • From: Mansfield, TX
Posted by EdGrune on Sunday, December 12, 2010 2:00 PM

sumter III

Mr. David Meagher has a number of drawings and plans.  Look around and ask in the forums for his contact info.  He does not have a website, so you will have to make personal contact.   Model warships website has a complete section devoted to Ironclads.  You can look at other ship sites that also have lots of eye candy.

Meagher's plans are available from Taubmans Plan Service at Loyalhanna Dockyard

http://www.taubmansonline.com/

 

I used his plans to make a USS Osage of the Red River campaign.   Use the plan's line sheet (cross section and elevation)  to make a skeleton -- ribs and keel -- out of sheet styrene.   Then plank over them with more sheet stryrene.

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    October 2010
Posted by sumter III on Sunday, December 12, 2010 10:48 AM

Mr. David Meagher has a number of drawings and plans.  Look around and ask in the forums for his contact info.  He does not have a website, so you will have to make personal contact.   Model warships website has a complete section devoted to Ironclads.  You can look at other ship sites that also have lots of eye candy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Sunday, December 12, 2010 7:31 AM

I scratchbuilt a USS Cairo, and wrote it up for Ships in Scale, published in March/April 1988.  Back issue should be available from SiS.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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    August 2010
  • From: Heart of the Ozarks, Mansfield, MO (AKA, the 3rd world)
Posted by Rich on Saturday, December 11, 2010 2:15 PM

Rich

Nautical Society of Oregon Model Shipwrights

Portland Model Power Boat Association

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    December 2002
Ironclad ships of the American Civil War
Posted by SNOOPY on Saturday, December 11, 2010 2:01 PM

I am curious if there are any instructions or video builds describing how to build and ironclad from the groundup?  I would like to build one from scratch but I cannot find any plans.  Is there anyone here that has built an ironclad from scratch?  I think that would be an interesting read and if the steps are clear enough, a great follow along build.  I checked the older post where they were talking about Flagship models but I am loking for plans or an instruction article showing how to scratchbuild one.  I think plastic looks to fake even though painted nicely and to see most of it build by hand would be cool to do.  If there are any other places were people are scratchbuilding models from wood or other materials please let me know.

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