Brown Water Navy Civil War by Osper
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Description
Two Iron clads and a monitor at rest on the Missippi on a calm day.
The moniter is the USS Winnebago one of four of a class of shallow draft Monitors built by James Eads and two others. The front turret was steam powered which elevated and lowered the guns as well as checking the recoil, returned the guns to battery and opened and closed the shuuters on the turret. The aft turret was an Erickson type which was armstrong powered.
The single turret boat is the Neosho. It was also built by Eads and was designed after the success of the Monitor. When launched it only drew 3' draft so they added 1/2 inch armor plating to the deck!
The third is a City Class gunboat The USS Baron de Kalb originally the USS St. Louis.
The models were done by me in Wings The buildings were taken off the Web and modified. (The Farmhouse was a lighthouse from Cornicopia)
Comments (12)
bkhook
Wow.. very nicely done... The Mississippi is not usually this calm.. is it perhaps a small channel off from the main stream?
DocMikeB
Great image and interesting historical description! 5+++++!
drifterlee
This is awesome! Will you be selling these models of the boats?
bigbraader
Well done.
FitArtistSF
Nice models. Good details. Although I think you have it backwards...it's 2 monitors (even the double-turreted vessels were called monitors, as a generic term honoring the first vessel of the type and name) and an ironclad... although, technically, they are ALL ironclads...but who's quibbling...they are a great addition to the ironclad models set, started by The Hankster. Keep up the good work.
Terraflora3D
Excellent render! and well modeled!
kenmo
Stunning image....
Kazziga
It's so good to see Civil War ironclads. Keep up the good job!
e-brink
Great scene with the Iron clads. The landscape works well too for the period.
UteBigSmile
Oh' pardon, I think that these are submaries!?!? Hug's Ute
Buffalo1
Excellent renders of Federal gunboats of the Mississippi River. I can see why you liked my view of the USS Cairo.
jarmila
nice picture