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anton ryzbak
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Scratchbuilt 28mm Union Monitor
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November 15, 2018, 09:14:27 PM »
I just couldn't help myself. I went ahead and built a counter to the Confederate casement Ironclad that I built last week. The step-by-step is below. Other such acts of madness can be found on my blog at
https://antonswargame.blogspot.com/p/adventures-in-blue-board-and-foamcore.html
Oops! I did it again....Ship Happens Part VII
when will I ever learn....
the source of all the trouble, blueboard
In a move that was sure to set back my already tardy painting schedule I decided to make another ironclad; a monitor this time, to oppose the Confederate casement ironclad. Having not yet shipped out the promised models (apologies to all who asked for one) I copied the monitor model and set to work. This has proved to be another deceptively simple design that requires a stunning number of rivets.
the hull was cut from blueboard and given a final sanding to even-off the curves
then I started gluing cardstock to it
pretty soon I had the whole model covered in "iron" plates
next was rivets, zillions of rivets, the all-iron deck doesn't help with the rivet count at all
but, I have to confess, I love all that rivety-goodness
monitor guns barely protrude at all, but they are massive so I needed a large bore,
I made them by wrapping card around a bit of dowel
these were unceremoniously thrust into rectangular slots cut into the turret face
another "look-check" before I glued things in place
just needs paint now
the large bright yellow areas were where I had messed up a rivet and had to
wipe it away before it dried; I just wish I could get yellow paint to cover so well
I changed my mind and decided that the turret needed to be further forward
just like selling a house; a fresh coat of paint makes everything look better
profile view
the monitor was joined by the other distraction
now that I have these done I might just get back to my Lace Wars cavalry project
This little aside has dragged me a fair distance off the beaten path; I don't game ACW in 28mm (I don't game it in 15mm either, I mooch off of my buddy Tom who has a massive collection) so these models have no real application at all. Now I have to decide to either give/sell/trade them away or to enter the Vault and find my boxes of Perry Brothers ACW plastics..............
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DonVoss
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Re: Scratchbuilt 28mm Union Monitor
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Great work...lovely little ships....
Cheers,
Don
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