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The Confederate Ram Arkansas
Scale; 1/96th
If is not made by Old Steam Navy then it is not the Arkansas!
OSN-19: Old Steam Navy's 1/96th scale model of the Rebel Ram Arkansas is unique. We used Computer Aid Design software and stereo lithography to construct her. Stereo lithography uses a laser beam, which scans at .004 of an inch, to burn in all the victorious detail. The grooves in the railroad iron and rivets used to build the Arkansas are clearly there in perfect sequence. The model was created through careful research involving several known plans, eye-witness accounts, and all known measurements ¬ations. We then used the capable skills of well known civil war naval modelmaster, Ed Parent, to create the master plans, thereby ensuring the most accurate model possible. Only Old Steam Navy brings the model builder this level of historical accuracy and detail.
The Old Steam Navy model of the Arkansas has a one-piece hull and a resin casemate. The vast majority of her other parts are spun cast in lead free pewter. No expense or detail has been left out to create a museum quality model of one of the greatest ships in American history. The Arkansas comes with a 16-page history and 7 pages of instructions which fully utilizes our blueprints of the ship to facilitate construction. The pages are full of photographs, drawings, and images. The Arkansas is almost 21 inches long. The Old Steam Navy kit contains over 95 separate parts; three types of cannon, and a custom made flag. Everything you see in the picture outside of the base and pedestal is included. The Arkansas was finished in Yazoo City, Mississippi. The armor that plated her sides were rows of dovetailed double thickness ordinary railroad iron collected all over the state. Only the forward and rear sections of her casemate were angled. She had a heavy iron beak on her bow for ramming. Her hull had a flat bottom Mississippi River design and she had twin screws. To conceal the Arkansas, the ship was painted a deep earth brown to match the color of the Mississippi River but every eyewitness account says she was rust colored due to the poor quality of the pigment in the Confederate paint.
On July 15, 1862 the Arkansas steamed down the Yazoo River. There she fought the Tyler, the Queen of the West, and the Carondelet. She sank the Carondelet and chased the other two Union vessels down the Mississippi where she then fought her way through the entire Mississippi squadron of ships commanded by Admiral Farragut! The Arkansas fought her way past the Hartford, Iroquois, Richmond, Sumter, Louisville, Oneida, Cincinnati, Sciota, Wissahickon, Winona, Essex, Benton, and Lancaster. Such a feat is an amazing accomplishment to her construction and the bravery of her crew. The Arkansas once docked at Vicksburg was repeatedly attacked by the Union fleet; but her crew repulsed every attempt to sink her giving more than she got on each occasion. The Arkansas' 28 days of glory came to an end when her engines failed while supporting Confederate troops in the land attack on Baton Rouge. To prevent her from falling into Union hands, the Ram was run aground and burned.
Click Here for Ships In Scale Article on the Old Steam Navy Arkansas SKU:OSN-19 Retail Price: $299.95 Everyday Low Price: $279.95
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Iron Afloat - The Story of the Confederate Armorclads
Iron Afloat - by William N. Still Jr.
#23: When the Civil War began the South had no navy, few seamen, and limited shipbuilding facilities. In order to defend its ports against a well-established Northern navy, the South had to resort to innovation, and the Confederate ironclad navy was born. The Confederate government commissioned and put into operation twenty-two armorclad vessels of war. This book tells that story. "Iron Afloat" is history that reads like a novel and will appeal to readers interested in naval history.
Paperback - 262 pages - many photos and eyewitness drawings. SKU:#23 $19.95
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Ironclads & Big Guns of the Confederacy
The Journal & Letters of John M. Brooke. Hard Back.
#24: As Confederate commander of ordnance and hydrography Brooke was charged with developing a vessel that could break the Union blockade. Brooke raised the Merrimack and outfitted it with armor plates as the CSS Virginia. Brooke's papers trace his conception of the plan to create the first Confederate ironclad warship and offer insight into the experiments that would lead to his invention of the Brooke rifled gun. The Brooke rifle was a significant innovation in cannon-making.
This is a magnificent book. It chronicals the developement of the iron navy of the north and south and the advancements in weaponry necessary to defeat iron clad warships.
Brooke was a genius. It was Brooke and not Blakely who understood why the huge 12.75 inch Blakely gun burst in Charleston. His letters to both Blakely and Armstrong are included in the book.
The hardback book is 257 pages in length and contains many of Brooke's sketches of the CSS Virginia, his rifles, and there effect on iron plating.
Please select USPS for shipping. SKU:#24 Retail Price: $40.00 Everyday Low Price: $38.74
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Old Steam Navy Lifeboat
OSN-20: Recently our German importer of lifeboats refused "to sell anything in the USA again." So our thought was to hell with this guy, we'll just make our own and make them in Texas! So we turned to the blueprints from the USS Mississippi and had our CAD guy make this boat in 1/96th scale and we cast it in resin. We choose to do it in resin so its light enough not to sag white metal stanchions. This boat is authentic down to every detail and was done in the clinker style. No one else has anything this good. Click on the picture of the plans to see our photo of the lifeboat. SKU:OSN-20 $12.95
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