Welcome,
Guest
. Please
login
or
register
.
1 Hour
1 Day
1 Week
1 Month
Forever
Login with username, password and session length
News:
Donate to the Lead Adventure Forum to keep it alive!
Home
Help
TinyPortal
Search
Calendar
Gallery
Search
Stats
Donations
Login
Register
Lead Adventure Forum
»
Forum
»
Other Stuff
»
Workbench
»
Tutorials
(Moderator:
Hammers
) »
Scratchbuilt 28mm Union Monitor
User
Welcome,
Guest
. Please
login
or
register
.
April 29, 2024, 10:55:15 AM
1 Hour
1 Day
1 Week
1 Month
Forever
Login with username, password and session length
Donate
We Appreciate Your Support
Search
Advanced search
stats
Members
Total Members: 10457
Latest:
RAFMSilverFox
Stats
Total Posts: 1691108
Total Topics: 118374
Online Today: 880
Online Ever: 2235
(October 29, 2023, 01:32:45 AM)
Users Online
Users: 18
Guests: 819
Total: 837
peleset
MHoxie
Ash
Gazderadcliffe
Quendil
Yankeepedlar01
Malamute
carlos marighela
Flodden1513
craigrdavey@gmail.com
traveller
Ragnar
Daeothar
AdoubleJ
westwaller
JollyBob
MythMaster
Recent
Shogun remake
by
Dags
[
Today
at 10:53:34 AM]
Yankee Pedlar's 28mm Crim...
by
Yankeepedlar01
[
Today
at 10:53:28 AM]
(SALE) Mordor and Isengar...
by
Quendil
[
Today
at 10:33:58 AM]
Netflix Movie Golden Kamu...
by
OSHIROmodels
[
Today
at 10:32:33 AM]
Re: The Last Hurrah Proje...
by
DintheDin
[
Today
at 10:26:03 AM]
Zombicide Heroes - The Se...
by
Bloggard
[
Today
at 10:23:09 AM]
20mm Wild West Town - Pur...
by
tinned fruit
[
Today
at 10:01:35 AM]
A Short, Sharp Shock: A S...
by
carlos marighela
[
Today
at 09:35:12 AM]
Stargrave "quotstarter-kit"quot...
by
traveller
[
Today
at 09:23:57 AM]
(SALE) more oldhammer /s...
by
majorsmith
[
Today
at 09:15:11 AM]
Fantastic Legions' 15th C...
by
vodkafan
[
Today
at 08:33:32 AM]
Painting up Bloodborne th...
by
Plynkes
[
Today
at 08:20:16 AM]
Blood on the Sands: A Gam...
by
Furt
[
Today
at 08:06:38 AM]
Constable Bertrand's Fant...
by
Constable Bertrand
[
Today
at 08:02:49 AM]
50th Infantry Division Ty...
by
bluewillow
[
Today
at 07:31:26 AM]
« previous
next »
Print
Pages: [
1
]
Go Down
Author
Topic: Scratchbuilt 28mm Union Monitor (Read 1628 times)
anton ryzbak
Scientist
Posts: 395
Scratchbuilt 28mm Union Monitor
«
on:
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..............
«
Last Edit: November 15, 2018, 09:18:40 PM by anton ryzbak
»
Logged
DonVoss
Mad Scientist
Posts: 903
Re: Scratchbuilt 28mm Union Monitor
«
Reply #1 on:
November 15, 2018, 10:37:02 PM »
Great work...lovely little ships....
Cheers,
Don
Logged
Print
Pages: [
1
]
Go Up
« previous
next »
Lead Adventure Forum
»
Forum
»
Other Stuff
»
Workbench
»
Tutorials
(Moderator:
Hammers
) »
Scratchbuilt 28mm Union Monitor