Cottage Industries Hunley

Go to the library or your favorite bookstore and look for "Raising the Hunley" by Brian Hicks. I got a copy a t a good price from http://www.hamiltonbook.comb Here' s the most nearly "offiicial" Hunley page: http://www.hunley.org/
You really can't fix the 54mm to meet the correct shape.
If you go to Yahoo.com, there's a very active Hunley discussion groups in their forums.
If you wind up doing research on this project, you will find some most interesting stuff, such as the $20 gold piece that saved Lt. Dixon at Shiloh and was found in the sunken ship or the Connecticut soldier's identification tag that was recovered from the Hunley as well.

I have the 54mm version. Luckily I paid 1/2 price for it. Any suggestions? Any sources for drawings on the little boat?

Thanks,

Ted

Which Hunley did you get? Their 54mm models are based on information prior to the raising of the Hunley. The 1/72 scale is a much more accurate kit and is a little gem, even if it does look like a torpedo when palced next to a 1/72 scale U-boat.
For a more accurate 54mm kit, Verlinden is the way to go, full ship and waterline versions in one box for about $50 US.