Sunday, 26 August 2018

1/2400th Scratchbuild USS Onondaga Monitor





I finished scratch building the USS Onondaga for my 1/2400th scale French fleet today. The only thing I didn't make is the metal sea base, which I pinched from a Tumbling Dice model with very similar dimensions but a slightly different hull profile. The rest is all plastic card, sliced sections of 15mm tank gun barrel and plastic strip cut to size. It's not perfect but it's not bad either, especially as he only alternative is to order a model from Panzerschiffe for £13, once you factor in the postage to the UK (!). The Onondaga is a powerful addition to the French arsenal and will be perfect as a coastal defence monitor to protect Brest. Here are the relevant details:

Broadside and Ram

 Type     CS        MS        AF        DF         Points

 AS        2           3            4T          5            11

 Dahlgren and Columbiad

Size Medium
Maximum Speed 4''
Medium Manoeuvre
DF 3
Armoured, AF 3
FPS: GF 3 / PF +4
APS: GF 3 / PF +4

Armament: 4 x 9.4'' Rifle Muzzle Loaders in two turrets.

Next scratch building project...the Danish monitor Rolf Krake or even the French casemate ironclad Rochambeau!
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4 comments:

  1. Stew26 August 2018 at 13:36

    Nice job scratch building! Looks like a ship to me and nicer than anything I could of done. 😀

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  2. Jim Jackaman26 August 2018 at 13:45

    Thanks. It was surprisingly easy, as I was expecting all sorts of problems with slicing sprue and bits pinging off into the carpet!

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  3. A J26 August 2018 at 15:30

    Nicely done. It wouldn't be a proper modelling job if bits didn't ping off into the carpet.

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  4. Jim Jackaman28 August 2018 at 20:02

    How very true! :O)

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