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Other Stuff => Workbench => Tutorials => Topic started by: anton ryzbak on 15 November 2018, 09:14:27 PM
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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 (https://antonswargame.blogspot.com/p/adventures-in-blue-board-and-foamcore.html)
Oops! I did it again....Ship Happens Part VII (https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TYGxN6WkEkA/W-1drMfoWoI/AAAAAAAAP_4/lsg6KkgbS4oWZ-MNk38ebw_sA_fWQohrACLcBGAs/s1600/20181115_063824.jpg)
when will I ever learn....
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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.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d03A8FDuu9c/W-IdkCp4XMI/AAAAAAAAP7I/RUx_tjzPsl4plRmu8xTpifGgF-CdXz0BACLcBGAs/s400/20181105_184619.jpg)
the hull was cut from blueboard and given a final sanding to even-off the curves
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pNVjHiIj7l0/W-Idkh-yajI/AAAAAAAAP7Q/jaH18JC7c28ANm7NFf5QnDbPi3durH2jACLcBGAs/s1600/20181105_184627.jpg)
then I started gluing cardstock to it
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kkpuLUxIRU0/W-szGaWtupI/AAAAAAAAP-8/fGd7wWOzHAw1_FwVOdKY5OerlvecspFlwCLcBGAs/s1600/20181110_200834.jpg)
pretty soon I had the whole model covered in "iron" plates
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next was rivets, zillions of rivets, the all-iron deck doesn't help with the rivet count at all
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but, I have to confess, I love all that rivety-goodness
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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
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these were unceremoniously thrust into rectangular slots cut into the turret face
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another "look-check" before I glued things in place
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just needs paint now
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BZ9xUmUvpBg/W-1diti-_AI/AAAAAAAAP_o/EgJGFkdNtuAxfruermu9OkxysCFFc69EgCLcBGAs/s1600/20181114_193041.jpg)
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
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OUrsuYwwmT4/W-1djb1VsZI/AAAAAAAAP_s/lRczH0BqbYgXasrBJAIjGWCF4ULg_M54gCLcBGAs/s1600/20181114_193049.jpg)
I changed my mind and decided that the turret needed to be further forward
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just like selling a house; a fresh coat of paint makes everything look better
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profile view
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[i]the model was painted flat black using Americana "Lamp Black" and then heavily
(and now that I see it in the photo, unevenly) drybrushed with Charcoal grey
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[img]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yjRMWK8QdvY/W-1d0FSR6hI/AAAAAAAAQAM/pAdE_trqTREVgiopH3w4HErqdvs1Y4ligCLcBGAs/s1600/20181115_063906.jpg)
the monitor was joined by the other distraction
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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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Great work...lovely little ships....:)
Cheers,
Don