Devin, very, very, nicely done !!!
I've enjoyed following this build and that's a very good finished model.
One question, did the 12 pounder [ guessing ] on the front deck come with the kit ?
Oh and is this kit available, I saw you mentioned that it's an old kit ?
Great work - Glenn

Glenn,

Thanks. The kit is still in production by Old Steam Navy. The kit I've been building is an older version of the current kit that I bought off of eBay a couple of years back. Since my copy was made they've done many upgrades in the quality and pieces.

The Napoleon is scratch built. I told Gary Kingzett that I needed one for the deck so he showed me how to make the wheels from slices of styrene tube and brass wire. I made the other wheel, scratch built the carriage from Evergreen I-beam and strip. Initially my Father and I turned a gun barrel for it on a lathe, but it turned out WAY too big. The current gun barrel is a chunk of brass tubing that I put in my Dremel and tapered slightly, then covered the breech with Aves putty and rounded it off. I might do some more work on the gun in the future, I'd really like to have an elevation screw and a ramrod attached to it.

Awesome scratchbuild on that Napoleon Cannon, mate...I LOVE the detailing on this build, Devin...

Beautiful work Devin.

Gator

She turned out really nice. I love civil war ships of this and the side-wheel types.

Weehawken is finally finished. I actually completed her a few weeks ago, but I had trouble getting replacement bulbs for my photo lighting setup and just got around to taking these shots yesterday. More photos are on my website, and I'm working on a full write-up of the build process that I'll send in to Gunny when it's ready.

Great build, Devin!
Details are fantastic, my friend, overall, a fine looking subject!
Looking forward to your submission, mate...

Top notch!

Very nice looking ship.

hello Devin,
great looking build,the figures,and field cannon are great.
my ironclade is on my schedule for winter of 2009 ,spring 2010.i have to many other builds in line before it.
again love the build,thank you for sharing.
cheers,
Bruce

very nice, clean build.. thanks for sharing!

Ironclads are something special and so is your build! Wonderful detail, especially the scratch field gun, great stuff!