1:35 American Civil War Confederacy

[zak]

Thanks for the comments.

[zak]

Officer just about completed.

[zak]

The other 3 figures.

[MSea]

Great

[chriswil42]

I agree.

[Haddock]

Neat that!

[kiwichappers]

They look good Dave, perhaps the clothes are a bit shiny. Maybe the uniforms would benefit from a clear coat of a very flat matt. Just a thought.

[zak]

They look good Dave, perhaps the clothes are a bit shiny. Maybe the uniforms would benefit from a clear coat of a very flat matt. Just a thought.

Yes, good idea - I usual give them a coat of matt varnish - I forgot,

[zak]

Matt varnish applied now, I may need to shine the officer's boots,

[zak]

You may notice that the title has been changed, I have been sucked into the American Civil War, so hopefully this will be the next build.
I have admired the submarines being built by Kevin and Tony, so decided to try one.

This is the 1/35 MIKR MIR CSS H. L. Hunley.
This was a privately built submarine named for its inventor and was credited with being the first submarine to sink a ship during wartime.
This was powered by hand cranking by 8 men.
The kit parts are shown here.
No locating pins for the hull halves, so care will be needed here.

[MSea]

I see you have SUB-merged yourself into another subject 
Will enjoy watching this one progress.

[zak]

I think this may have been a locomotive boiler that was lengthened and strengthened.
Some sources say a crew of 7 to crank and one to steer.
She sank 3 times with the loss of 21 men, including the inventor.
She has been raised and is in a museum in N. Charlestown.
It did have ballast tanks forward and aft, an iron weight could also be released if further buoyancy was required.
It was 4 ft 3 in in height.
You wouldn't want to be in it, NO fear.

[chriswil42]

Should be an interesting build. Quite a story behind it.

[zak]

Some serious brass bending.

[Haddock]

Interesting!
Haddock.