| jdpintex | 08 Aug 2011 11:23 a.m. PST |
Does anyone know of a decent book/reference and/or link that provides dimensions of the various ACW brick style forts? I have a good reference that shows the configuration but it doesn't have a scale nor a single measurement anywhere in it. Even better would be if someone started producing forts in 1/600 scale….hint, hint. |
| Disco Joe | 08 Aug 2011 11:52 a.m. PST |
Peter Pig makes Fort Sumter in 1/600 scale along with something they call a small fort with 3 guns. Not sure what that looks like though. |
| Dennis | 08 Aug 2011 11:59 a.m. PST |
Pig forts here:
and here:
Oh, and batteries at Bay Area Yards: link Dennis |
| Captain Swing | 08 Aug 2011 12:01 p.m. PST |
There are some diagrams and dimensions (along with photos for the Civil War era; as well as fort details before and after that period) in "Fortress America" by Kaufmann and Kaufmann: link |
| Given up for good | 08 Aug 2011 12:04 p.m. PST |
Osprey have a series of books on forts and defences during the ACW – link seems a good match No plans but some interesting info can be found link I think link is great to look at but not to scale! Andrew
Sic Pavis Magna |
The G Dog  | 08 Aug 2011 12:20 p.m. PST |
Two references; link
link
The Atlas of the Civil War had a number of profiles and cross sections of various fortifcations that might prove useful. And TCS did a nice representation of Sumter that was roughly 1/600. Along with a large earthen battery. Thoroughbred does some nice items. BAY does some additional earthworks. |
| Sundance | 08 Aug 2011 6:29 p.m. PST |
Thoroughbred Minis does a fort or two and a couple of different kinds of batteries in 1/600. |
| Battle Cry Bill | 08 Aug 2011 7:48 p.m. PST |
Fort Pulaski in Savannah Georgia is a great example. Here are some links. There are some books too (I didn't buy them when I was there) but the Pulaski bookstore would have something. I got a nice scale map when I visited too. link link Fort Monroe is another example. Here are some links for that. (Sorry, no ready scale.)
link link There is a great sand fort to visit to, just south of Savannah, Fort McCallister. I have always wanted to build a model of this one. Sherman took the fort and thus made it to the sea. link link This last one has a nice scale. Have fun. Bill |
| jdpintex | 09 Aug 2011 6:39 a.m. PST |
Thanks guys. I have the various batteries, I was trying to focus on the brick forts. I think a combination of The Atlas of the Civil War and scale from google maps might be a good start, along with the details from some of these links. I wasn't aware that TCS had made a copy of Ft. Sumter. I really appreciate the links. |
| The G Dog | 09 Aug 2011 10:20 a.m. PST |
I wasn't aware that TCS had made a copy of Ft. Sumter. Cast in resin. Mine is close to 20 years old at this point (picked it up at Cold Wars or Historicon back around '93 or '94). |
| Chris PzTp | 10 Aug 2011 6:28 p.m. PST |
Several years ago while in Charleston SC I purchased a very detailed cast model of Ft Sumter from the gift shop at Patriot's Point. To figure out what scale it was I wrote to the National Park Service at Fort Sumter to get the dimensions of their fort. (My model turned out to be around 1/800 scale.) Here's the dimensions they gave me: The longest wall, the 'gorge' (at the back), is 319 ft.
The two flanks are each 171 ft.
Between each flank and the gorge are two 'gorge angles,' 22 ft for the one closer to the gorge and 26 ft for the one closer to a flank.
Each of the two front 'faces' is 190 ft. Between each face and the flank on its side is a 'shoulder angle' that's 25 ft. Between the two faces, at the fort'd point, is a 'salient angle' of 26 ft. |
| The G Dog | 10 Aug 2011 8:00 p.m. PST |
Hmmm…my resin fort may not be TCS and is definitely not Sumter…
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Scafcom1  | 15 Sep 2011 11:53 a.m. PST |
Funny you should ask, BAY will be releasing Fort Jackson and Fort St. Phillip shortly. Steve |
