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I have notice models of cross sections of wooden sailing ship are basically all the same. you seen one you seen them all. With this in mind I though what if I could come up with something really different something that has not been done and would be challenging in design, in fabrication and in details never before tried. A project that starts with research of a historic structure then converting the drawings into a cad file, next taking that file and creating a 3D printing file, from here sourcing materials such as milled wood because it is a wooden structure but an added the element of iron plating, nuts and bolts, machinery.
Here is the perfect structure an iron clad gunboat cross section in 3/8 = 1 foot scale so you can add civil war figures. The iron clads were nothing pretty to look at from the outside could even call them ugly ducklings. BUT the inner workings are an engineering marvel and a challenge for the model fabricator.
So lets take a look at the structure from the inside out, imagine a cross section showing the boilers, engine, structure and cannons, capstan, wheel house
first google Vicksburg national park and tour the real gunboat Cairo and let your creative imagination go. There are You Tube videos touring the Cairo so there is no lack of detailed information. What cross section would you do?
https://www.nps.gov/vick/u-s-s-cairo-gunboat.htm
then go here and view a build log on the complete vessel
http://modelshipbuilder.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?5406.0
here are the plans enjoy
don't get into a tizzy over copyrights these plans come from the US government National Parks Service and are public domain
Here is the perfect structure an iron clad gunboat cross section in 3/8 = 1 foot scale so you can add civil war figures. The iron clads were nothing pretty to look at from the outside could even call them ugly ducklings. BUT the inner workings are an engineering marvel and a challenge for the model fabricator.
So lets take a look at the structure from the inside out, imagine a cross section showing the boilers, engine, structure and cannons, capstan, wheel house
first google Vicksburg national park and tour the real gunboat Cairo and let your creative imagination go. There are You Tube videos touring the Cairo so there is no lack of detailed information. What cross section would you do?
https://www.nps.gov/vick/u-s-s-cairo-gunboat.htm
then go here and view a build log on the complete vessel
http://modelshipbuilder.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?5406.0
here are the plans enjoy
don't get into a tizzy over copyrights these plans come from the US government National Parks Service and are public domain
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