Friday 4 December 2020

Last of the Union


The finished model....


....and the inspiration for it. Kind of. Nearly....

There you have it. The final model for the Union for what is in effect the sea end of my intended ACW style campaign - the second batch will be focus on the river based side. The U.S.S. Coeur d’Alene - loosely based on the U.S.S. Galena - operates as part of the blockading squadron tasked with ensuring that the main Confederate seaport of Immobile Bay is closed off to the outside world. The Confederates still have access to the mighty Missenhitti river so the blockade is hard stretched to carry out both the blockade and support of the river fleet. The Confederates, although outnumbered, are very much a ‘fleet in being’ and have the wherewithal to cause the Union all manner of problems. If the Union were to secure control of the river then Immobile Bay would be rendered ineffective as the blockading squadron would possess an overwhelming naval superiority.


The Union fleet, in two columns, heading for Immobile Bay. The starboard column comprises the U.S.S. Old Glory leading the U.S.S. Senator and the U.S.S. Pocahontas whilst the port column consists of the U.S.S. Coeur d’Alene leading the U.S.S. Potomac and the U.S.S. Hiawatha.

Originally I was going to wait until I had finished the final Confederate model and then unveil them both but I hit a number of problems with the Rebel ship and so have scrapped what had been done thus far as it really did not work. The second version will be much better!

6 comments:

Steve J. said...

I really like the solid, sturdy look of this ship and probably prefer it to the original. This project has shaped up really nicely and am looking forward to the next Confederate ship, MkII.

David Crook said...

Hello there Steve J,

Thank you old chap! In retrospect I could have put a little more thought into the hull templates which would better reflect the finer lines of what were in effect sailing ships with engines. It is done nw and so my standard ‘boat’ shape will suffice!

The MkII Confederate ship is a real oddity and no one is really sure what the actual vessel looked like so I can happily use that as Carte Blanche to do whatever I like. Actually that is not quite true as there is a feeling that the ship in questions followed a roughy similar plan to some other contemporary ships but that is another story!

On a separate note I will ping you an email.

All the best,

DC

Steve J. said...

Well I'll think you'll have to name the ship 'Carte Blanche' with her sister ship the 'Blanche DuBois'. The designer of the latter one Mr Williams and she was built in Tennessee...

David Crook said...

Hello there Steve J,

Consider those added to the list! I was looking long and hard at the collection and am thinking that I may just plough ahead with the second batch to complete the project!

Much to ponder!

All the best,

DC

RogerB said...

Your blog was hijacked and posted on The Miniatures Page.
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=542761
The poster, Tango01 has been asked repeatedly to at the very least credit the blog by its name. These requests have also fallen on the deaf ears of the owner of TMP. see below.
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=542759
Great blog you have, and thank you for taking the time to make it.

David Crook said...

Hello there Blogger Police,

Many thanks for bringing this to my attention and I have read both the threads you mentioned. There was a link to the blog mentioned in the pictures and I also believe that acknowledging the blog title should be a common courtesy but sadly it does not always happen. Passing off images and content as one’s own though would be more serious.

I tried to find out a little more about your good self but you appear to be quite new under your current nom de plume - please feel free to email me privately on roguejedi@btinternet.com if you want to discuss this further.

Many thanks once again,

All the best,

DC