I ve done a lot of Union ships over the years. So it was only fair to start on a Confederate fleet, so I can offer both fleets and use either fleet in a game.
So while I still had the Bug over Xmas and wanted to get these done, here are some painted, but for now mainly in Grey Primer, ( so I can get back to Crete) as the modelling side of these is the hardest part of doing them. Hope you like ? I will post so more once they are properly painted later this year, hopefully not to long down the line ? I ve got some wooden Gunboats to do soon, but Crete first.
I ve included pictures in various stages of construction, then you can get an idea I ve what I ve done?
Miles
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That sounds like a good photo report for The Mill, Miles ;)
Simon
That is an impressive looking array of ships. I'll bet the Rebs wished they could actually have brought together a fleet of ironclads like that rather than having ones and twos scattered all over the South.
I've been playing 'World of Warships' on my PC lately... it'd be nice to see an ACW equivalent so you could put these guys through their paces!
Here are a few more pictures of them in Grey Primer. Over the next few months I will complete them, by painting them up properly. But I ve got to get back to PBI next week. Finish off the terrain for Crete and Beachead. Then start doing things in time to start proper play testing of the 2020 rules.
Hopefully later this year I can get back to doing HI again, as I ve got a number of wooden/iron Gunboats and sailing ships I want to scratch build,I wanted add some variety. Also would like to do Battle of Mobile Bay or at least part of it ? I am hoping to Scratch build one of the (Large) Forts near to New Orleans for the Confederate forces, the problem is being able to mounting it on a 3 Hexes Island, unless I bend the rules and put it into a 5 Hex Island ?
Miles
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Some pretty good stuff there gents. When the TV film opened I thought it looked a bit ropey, but the actual battle scenes between Monitor and Virginia were rather good.
My last ships for a while (hopefully not too long)theses are scratch builds/conversions on PP ships improved or converted. I ve still got to paint them including putting guns and boats on to them ? The only thing with these builds you can go through a lot of Boats on Divet packs.
Miles
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Just finishing off but I had to make CSS Texas, then found out CSS Columbia share the same hull shape. So I made both up at the same time. The basic hulls once you have the Hull Plans are quite easy. Just cut out templates from Plastic Card. Put a decking/planking or groved plastic card on top. Then build an Armoured Casement on top. Columbia is made from plastic Card as it is a 4 sided shape. Texas after playing with several things, I decided to try and make with Green Stuff. As this is an 8 Sided shape. I drew the lines on the deck that it needed to fit into, and went on from there, the 2 pilot houses are Shaped Green Stuff too.
Just awaiting a delivery from PP of pack 13: Ships boats on davits for any ship (8 of)
As you can use a lot of these when doing these ships, then I can finish the models off.
Miles
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Wow !
Amazing boats !! Impressive results...
What scale are they?
You have been most prolific, Miles.
I do hope you will do some kind of article for The Mill on these.
And there's probably a potential article just on how you make things from Green Stuff to adorn your ships.
Lovely work.
Simon
1/600th to fit in in with the rest of PP Hammerin Iron ships that you can buy on the website.
I managed to obtain a Digital book only called"the Southern Iron Navy" by John W Wallis it has plans and a load of info on the Confederate Iron ships, including plans.
I was thinking of doing a couple articles Simon, one including the Stats for some of the ships that can transferred onto the HI paperwork.
Miles
Thank you for this information, Miles. ;)
What you have done there is really beautiful...
Cheers,
Xavier
I will say, sometimes "the modellers license" has come out to play with some of the ships ? I ve tried as much as possible to make them to the plans and as correct as they can be ! But I ve filled in missing information with what I think fits and sometimes made them slightly larger or smaller so the look, stability etc fits as these are " Wargames Models" and not there to win modelling competitions.
But very enjoyable and satisfying to make as well.
Nice thing is a lot cheaper than buying them from USA from the likes of Throughbread models, Bay Models or 3D prints from Brown Water Navy and alike. Lovely models they all do, but how much would it have cost me to buy this lot ? I know how much I ve spent with PP for the bits I ve got! Over the past few weeks or so.
I ve now got 2 very expansive fleets, still want to add to these ? I ve got a few "sailing type ships" and Paddle steamers and screw freighter types I want to build. Also another "Big Fort" from New Orleans/Mobile Bay Area, for the Confederates. But PBI has called !
Miles
Poor bloody sailors - marginalised again by the landlubbers.