Scratchbuilt late Ironclads part III

[snake777]

Those are jaw droppingly amazing! Wow!

Many thanks Lord Speedy, they do take some time to build, the Duperré especially was a bit of a beast!!

[Westmarcher]

Love the ships of that era, also* - and, of course your scratch built models! 

*Evokes memories of past visits to HMS Warrior, standing alongside mock-ups of the Monitor turret with Dahlgren guns and gun deck of the Virginia, boyhood research utilising Jane's silhouettes of warships of the era when I tried scratch building balsa wood model ships using the 'sandwich' method, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea and Kind Hearts and Coronets!      I was also intrigued by the colour scheme of the barrels of the deck guns on the French ship (the Warrior and ACW ones are black).

[snake777]

Nicely done! The ships of those days were truly elegant.

Thank you Poggle, It was a very interesting transitional period in ship design.

[snake777]

Love the ships of that era, also* - and, of course your scratch built models! 

*Evokes memories of past visits to HMS Warrior, standing alongside mock-ups of the Monitor turret with Dahlgren guns and gun deck of the Virginia, boyhood research utilising Jane's silhouettes of warships of the era when I tried scratch building balsa wood model ships using the 'sandwich' method, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea and Kind Hearts and Coronets!      I was also intrigued by the colour scheme of the barrels of the deck guns on the French ship (the Warrior and ACW ones are black).

Thank you Westmarcher, much appreciated!... The French seemed to change their colour schemes as often as they changed their ship designs!!!!

[steve_holmes_11]

I'm absolutely knocked out by the standard of modelling.
Congratulations.

[Ithoriel]

Those are spifftacular! And the Starbuck's lid fort is a stroke of genius.

[snake777]

I'm absolutely knocked out by the standard of modelling.
Congratulations.

Many thanks Steve They are fiddly, but worth the effort!!

[snake777]

Those are spifftacular! And the Starbuck's lid fort is a stroke of genius.

Thank you Ithoriel!... The fort does work well I have to admit!!

[paulr]

 

Stunning work

Am I missing something or is the Venetian octagonal fort missing half its guns?

[snake777]

Stunning work

Am I missing something or is the Venetian octagonal fort missing half its guns?

Thank you Paulr:-)... The Venetian fort is awaiting delivery of the rest of its armament... but the plague has disrupted the supply chain!!!

[Techno II]

I'm well impressed with all of those !

Cracking work !!

Cheers - Phil.

[John Cook]

Those are stunning models.  Absolute labours of love.  I am guessing you get as much pleasure making them as gaming with them.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Have to agree.

[snake777]

I'm well impressed with all of those !

Cracking work !!

Cheers - Phil.

Many thanks Phil, very much appreciated!!

[snake777]

Those are stunning models.  Absolute labours of love.  I am guessing you get as much pleasure making them as gaming with them.

Thank you John I guess I do fall into the category of 'collector', we live in a very small space, so there is precious little room for gaming!!