Thursday 3 September 2020

1/2400th Riverboats and Barges





I made these a few days ago but forgot to show them, so here are a couple of the Tumbling Dice sternwheel paddle river boats with a little light tweaking, to use as transports for my Union flotilla. I've also made a handful of supply barges using some spare bases and plastic card, two with loads of coal and one with a stack of timber for fuel, the latter made from chopped up sections of cocktail stick. They are pretty big for 1/2400th scale but in the Dahlgren and Columbiad rules, each barge can carry a company of infantry, so they can't be too small either! 

5 comments:

  1. Nicely done. I wouldn't worry about the size of the 'timber' on that barge, some of the trees over here are huge.

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  2. They look good.

    If you want to add a land component to your games I can recommend some ACW combined arms books if you like?

    Cheers,

    Pete.

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    1. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Union-Combined-Operations-Civil-Norths/dp/0823232875/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=combined+operations+civil+war&qid=1599253566&sr=8-2

      and

      https://www.amazon.co.uk/Combined-Operations-Civil-Rowena-Reed/dp/080328943X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=combined+operations+civil+war&qid=1599253566&sr=8-1

      Hope that helps.

      Cheers,

      Pete.

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