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10 Inch Rodman Gun Pattern 1861 on a Seacoast Barbette Carriage

Scale: 1/32nd - New Pewter Carriage

OSN-1: In order to bring you the very best kits, we used a wonderful new technology which is known as stereolithography. All of these kits used 3-D CAD and stereolithography to produce the master copies. This technology is very expensive, but it is superior to the standard techniques used by most cottage industry modelers. Stereolithography uses a laser beam and a special laser sensitive material. Directed by the computer aid design software the laser produces parts to the exact toleraces found in the historical blueprints. The attention and reproduction to historical detail as found in all of Old Steam's kits is without precedence in the world of modeling. We are so sure of our claim we actually include the 4 pages of original blueprints as part of our instructions. Old Steam's kit contains resin barrel, a new pewter seacoast barbette carriage, 3 shells, 3 bolts; 6 iron spherical shot. There are over 35 parts in all! We hope you enjoy your model kit. Please tell your friends about us.

History: Captain Thomas Rodman, responsible for increasing and improving endurance of heavy ordinance, changed the current foundry methods for casting large hollow cylinders. He revived a long abandoned hollow casting method with a critical difference. Captain Rodman substituted a patented 'core-barrel' cooled inside by air or water. His idea was to freeze molten metal from its bore outward, pushing impurities toward the exterior. He understood that casting as an outward succession of thin concentric rings that in turn while cooling would solidify and then shrink. The shrinkage would compress those already cooler within, producing compression stresses to oppose firing pressures. Today, this technique is known as pre stressing. The 10-Inch Rodman gun (Pattern 1861) weight was 15,050 pounds; had zero preponderance. Confederate Columbiad's copied Rodman's construction.

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8-Inch Parrott Rifle on a Seacoast Barbette Carriage

Scale: 1/32nd New - Our carriages are now made of spun cast pewter!

OSN-7: One of the most famous guns of the war was an 8-Inch Parrott Rifle which was nicknamed the "Swamp Angel". The Swamp Angel made history when on August 22, 1863 when it fired Parrott shells into the city of Charleston. Using a compass siting of St. Michaels Episcopal church in downtown Charleston, the 8-inch Parrott became the first gun to use the technique of indirect fire. The battery which protected the Swamp Angel was one of the top engineering feats of the war. It was built on a marsh upon logs laid crossways, thereby literally floating on "pluff mud" employing counterbalance. The carriage used in this model kit is the exact copy of the actual carriage used by the Swamp Angel. Like the Rodman gun, we used stereolithography to construct it and the instructions contain the 4 pages of blueprints of the carriage as found in the national archives! You will never find a model kit more historically accurate than these. It was guns like these that were used to pound Battery Wagner, Ft. Sumter and the city of Charleston. Charleston never surrendered.

Kit includes the 8 inch Parrott tube, the seacoast barbette carriage, 3 Parrott shells, 3 Parrott bolts, there are over 40 parts included. This gun contains many small parts and is not suitable for children. Battery Stevens is sold seperately and other objects seen in this photograph are part of my personal diarama and are not included in the kit.
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13-Inch Union Seacoast Mortar Pattern 1861

Scale: 1/32nd
New - Carriage is now made in spun cast Pewter!

OSN-8: The 13" Union Seacoast Mortar saw action in almost every theater in the American Civil War. It was used by both the Army and the Navy. The official records site that four 13-inch mortars participated in the capture of Island No. 10. General Gillmore had a dozen, which took part in the reduction of Fort Pulaski, which protected Savannah. There were 20 mounted on schooners, which participated in the action against Fort Jackson and Fort Saint Philip below New Orleans. A 13-inch mortar was used to shell Fort Pillow and during the Yazoo Pass expedition a navy scow carried one which was used to shell Fort Pemberton. This mortar was also very popular with Grant. He used them in both naval and land based batteries during the siege of Vicksburg. McClellan placed seven 13-inch mortars in Battery #4 at Yorktown. General Gillmore also used these guns to reduce Battery Wagner and Fort Sumter.

One of the most famous guns of the war was the well photographed "Dictator" which fired mortar shells from a railroad platform weighing over 200 pounds propelled by 20 pounds of powder into Confederate lines. The mortar comes with a collection of iron shells. Consider the firing platform as an additional feature to showcase your gun. Like the other model kits offered from Old Steam Navy, we have followed the original blueprints and used stereolithography in order to produce an historically accurate model kit in every detail.
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Firing Platform for the 13-Inch Mortar

Scale: 1/32nd - Resin

OSN-17: Place your 13" Seacoast Mortar in action on this mortar platform. Built by Old Steam Navy to scale based on plans found in the National Archives.

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Battery Stevens

Scale: 1/32nd - Resin

OSN-2: Enjoy placing your gun behind a replica of Battery Stevens. Battery Stevens was located on Morris Island, South Carolina and was one of many sand forts protecting heavy Union artillery. Battery Stevens was immediately to the left of Battery Reno. It was 4,278 yards from Fort Sumter and 1,875 yards away from Battery Wagner. Its armament was two 100 pounder Parrott rifles (6.4 inch. These guns were served by a detachment of Company C, First United States Artillery. Commanded by Firts Lieutenant James. E. Wilson. Battery Stevens was a breeching battery located among those described as "The Left Batteries" in the Siege of Charleston. It was used against Fort Sumter, Battery Wagner, and Battery Gregg. An historical picture of Battery Stevens is seen at the top of this web page. Comes complete with 4 gabions and painting instructions. Click your mouse on "More Info" for a close up of Battery Stevens.
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8 Inch 150-Pounder Armstrong Rifle

54 mm Resin Kit

RJ-54001: The Confederates had an Armstrong Rifle at Ft. Fisher North Carolina guarding Wilmington. The gun fired a studded steel shell with a 30-pound charge of powder. The gun weighed 15,737 pounds. The gun is on display at West Point as old trophy No. 179.
The Armstrong was the pride of Ft. Fisher sea face ordnance collection and was a gift to the Confederacy from Sir W.G. Armstrong of London in 1864. It was mounted on a beautiful mahogany and rosewood carriage fitted with brass hardware. which according to one eye witness, made its appearance so ornamental that it looked more like a piece of parlor furniture than a cannon. The gun was placed in the Pulpit Battery. Click on the button "More Info" to see a photo of the original gun at Ft. Fisher!!

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