I was wondering if there two ships were part of this group or not. It's the USS Monitor & CSS Virginia.. Thanks Nikki
The time frame is right but the Monitor is a bit small even in 1/96 and it has essentially no penetrable areas.
Mmm...I'd have to disagree w/ Anachronus regarding timeframe. Generally the "Steampunk era" was viewed as 1870's-1900's. OTOH, he's dead right about the Monitor. Further, the build rules restrict the hull designs to only the patrol cruiser / armored ("armoured") cruiser / battleship hull shapes. Civil-war era ironclads of both the casement type (Virginia) and monitor type wouldn't fit.
You could however build an alt-history steampunk Monitor/Virginia inspired steam abomination. Would just have to adhere to the hull requirements, but beyond that it could look however and you can name it whatever. Monitinia, Virgitor, etc
I minimum build SP hull with nothing but a single turret stuck on top would look much like the USS Monitor. It'd have a bit more free board of course. Perfectly doable. A Virginia would be almost as easy. One of the later dual turret "ocean going" monitors would offer more cannon options.
Ralph Coles has a mold for USS Dictator, a very large single turret sea-going monitor in 1/72 scale - it's about 50" long. He has molds for CSS Virginia (ex- Merrimac), CSS Tennessee and USS Monitor (quite small in 1/72 scale), and I think there's a Canonicus class mold.
Like I said I love the USS Monitor & CSS Virginia.. And I know battle. They are the reason, we have the iowas.. Nikki
Ralph's Virginia is pretty big but Monitor is so small in 1'/72 I doubt it could be armed. Canonicus is a better option.
