tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post949236274595354734..comments2024-03-27T07:02:30.838+00:00Comments on A Wargaming Odyssey: A Return to the Swampy Bayous....David Crookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post-34919163443864504632018-09-01T13:35:13.945+01:002018-09-01T13:35:13.945+01:00Hi Archduke,
The model for the Arkansas was what ...Hi Archduke,<br /><br />The model for the Arkansas was what i refer to as a generic casemate ironclad and the shape and dimensions are, shall we say, interesting....I built all of the City class gunboats and made sure that the funnel bands were correct for each one. I did not paint them on as i used coloured sticky paper cut into strips and then stuck on the funnels. I am not great at painting straight lines on curved surfaces!<br /><br />The other model is the USS Essex and I had a lot of fun shaping the curved section at the end of the casemate.<br /><br />The models I shall be looking to build will be larger than these and probably more generic looking and I have already thought that I will need more than a dozen. I reckon around two dozen will be more than sufficient.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />DCDavid Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post-72736254998025836212018-09-01T09:30:03.258+01:002018-09-01T09:30:03.258+01:00... Ah! A closer look and I now realise that the ...... Ah! A closer look and I now realise that the yop boat is none other than 'CSS Arkansas'. Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post-21098785187812527472018-09-01T09:21:33.910+01:002018-09-01T09:21:33.910+01:00The middle picture with those three gunboats looks...The middle picture with those three gunboats looks just the sort of thing for an exciting combined operation. I like those little 'Cairo class' ironclads, too.Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com