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gun crew inside the albemarle .....well i tried, maybe i should put an open vent grille over them, its a shame no one will ever see them otherwise. i think there are five crew in there...somewhere!

i made these figures from resin for the albemarle which will be on show/sale in its case at the wirral 2 day event in a fortnight`s time

Mortar Boat No. 10 just trying out this microsoft resizing program...seems to be working ! at last i can do something with a computer...

i`m Going for Texas!

thankyou very much for your kind comments, it`s nice to be appreciated kind regards steve

i have had texas in mind for some time now, she was easily the sleekist and dare i say the most futuristic looking of all the acw. ships and i think would make super looking model with all that wooden decking on show...thats done it ,starting her tomorrrow !

you`ve no room ....you should see my place !. i have had to abandon 2 ships the melik & the monitor cerberus due to lack of space & time, and what little space i do have is fast filling up with cabinets and cases for forthcoming shows......but i`m itching to start on CSS.Texas & USS.Essex

yes the decks were reinforced to take the punishment of the recoil, and i should imagine they were tied to a big tree or something too, it canot have been much fun being so close to a mortar of that size in an enclosed area, in some illustrations the mortar crew shelter behind a wooden partition...

Union Mortar Boat No.10

just figuring out the resizing thing works, i think i have cracked it with the free microsoft powertoy Image resizer

the ship was built over a few weeks, but the case was only a few hours. great just found out how to re-size and upload pictures with microsoft powertoy Image resizer

i have a few ironclads for 1:35 scale figures, but for some reason or other i cannot post them,however i have managed to put them in one of my picture albums

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the case was an 8ft. 8" x 5/8`s plank of hardwood on saturday morning with acrylic panels finished in a clear gloss varnish steve

hi sorry about that i did not notice the scale, i just thought "oh i`ve got that somewhere" i will have another rummage around to see what i can find. kind regards steve

yes she is a scratch build model and i have struggled to find inexspensive figures, i have converted the crew from other figures for this one and you can just see them through the sidegun ports and overhead deck grilles manhandling the forward gun into position, i am now experimenting...quite...

is it this one you are looking for ? oops sorry its 1:72 scale

she was built to show off figures in 1:35 scale she is around 50 inches in length

CSS.Albemarle Ironclad in a box at last