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Do you think the boat hull from the adventure set would do for a small
version. I am considering getting some of those sets to build some small
versions of iron clads. Or do you think that they are not wide enough.
Thank you for your help
David
http://moiraine24.homestead.com/Main.html
> It depends on what you mean by "Ironclads." I've done ironclads,
> but they're the oceangoing European sort--really overgrown frigates--
> not the coastal or riverine sort that usually is associated with
> the US Civil War. (Sorry, no pics at the moment--the _Gloire_
> page is still offline.) An "ironclad" is technically a ship with
> a wooden hull sheathed in iron; thus, the French _Gloire_ was a
> true ironclad, while the British _Warrior_ isn't (it's still
> in existence at Portsmouth, thus the "is") because the actual
> hull is iron, though some wood is used in the armour to absorb
> shot energy; the Confederate _Virginia_ (ex-Federal _Merrimack_)
> was a true ironclad, the USS _Monitor_ really wasn't/isn't (it
> was built completely of iron, IIRC). [1]
>
> I've been kicking around building a late-war _Montauk_-style
> Union monitor, but the biggest problems, quite honestly, are
> the dadgummed round turrets. [2] The hulls are quite easy by com-
> parison. Confederate ironclads like _Virginia_ and _Tennessee_
> are easier only because they've got deckhouses instead of
> turrets, but I've still had little luck with those--they have
> conical ends to the gun deck, another bear to render. (This
> may not be true viz. _Tennessee_--drawings and paintings I've
> seen vary, much as they do for Hampton Roads and the actual
> appearance of the combatants there.)
>
> There were smaller river ironclads that had square deckhouses;
> well, not actually square, but kind of pyramidal (if you cut the
> top 4/5 off the pyramid, that is). Those could be done with 4 or 8
> of the MTT 2x2x3 steep-slope dkgrey corners, methinks. Barring
> that, med-slope corners may be passable.
>
> I suppose the short answer, then, is "not really."
>
> best (and hopefully informatively?),
>
> Lindsay
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