USS ST LOUIS by thorn21g - 1:24 - POF - Civil War Ironclad - Gateway Model Shipcrafter's Guild

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MORTAR BARGE UPDATE (Bob Keeler)

 

   I redid the upper walls to more accurately reflect the scale seven-foot-tall scale (1/24). They 
are made from .040” plastic sheeting and are 1¼” tall (as opposed to a previous try, which was 
   1” high and found to be too short). The walls lean in at a ten-degree angle. The supports are 
   made of balsa “trailing-edge” planks, which are used in R/C airplane models, glued together. 
   Holes for doors and windows had to be recut to reflect placement on the 7’ scale. Doors and windows will be fashioned to scale. 

 

Interior of walls, floor supports and upper supports.

Interior view, with previously constructed (by Bill Kammermeyer) mortar, cannonballs, equipment/tools, and figures.

 

 

View through door

 

Another view through door

 

That's all for March/April of 2024. The next entry will be from July of 2024 and will look at further work on the Offier figures and pedestals for the gunboat. Coming soon!

 

Tim Jovick

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OFFICER FIGURES, Continued:

 

  

Photo of offices aboard the USS St. Louis.                            Officer figures, some with beards, jackets painted a dark blue with gold buttons. The           

Notice that the jackets are about knee-length and              Kleenex lengthens the jackets quite nicely.

are either open at the neck or buttoned up, with a

double row of gold buttons. The hats are flat on top,                                                                                        

with a stiff bill in the front.

 

 

Officer with binoculars.

Officer with pointer. Will likely be placed in Captain’s cabin, pointing at a map on the wall.

 

1. Officer with hands on rails.

 

PEDESTALS (To rest the gunboat on the stand)

 

This is one of two proposed sets of pedestals for the USS St. Louis to rest on. There are four, two at the bow and two at the stern. These are 2-1/4” by 4” and painted gold. There is a hole in the stern starboard pedestal to allow the wiring from the boat to go down into the stand unnoticed. Another set is painted brown and is somewhat taller.

 

 That's all for now, which briings us up to July of 2024. The next entry will be from October 2024 and will have more on modifications of the figurines.