Well, I got an excellent selection of models through from Tumbling Dice. Sadly, having compared them to the plans and illustrations in Warner ( link ) I have precious few that are suitable for Salnave's War.
Not that I'm at all bothered; there are a fair few for the War of the Pacific and some will be commissioned into the fledgling Parazuelan Navy.
So another order to TD is in the pipeline, but I thought I'd make a start anyway.
TD don't have a suitable model for the Triumph (formerly the CSS Atlanta), so I decided to have a bash at scratch building one – in fairness, Salnave never got his ship either as she sank en route from the US.
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Sorry about the photo quality, but it's a bloody small model!
I *think* I might be able to cobble together Le Terror (formerly the USS Pequot) using ASV15 Screw Corvette, but I need to do some drastic surgery to convert the model from a three-masted square rigger to a two mast brigantine (eek!).
When work stops getting in the way and I've received more goodies from TD I'll post an update, hopefully with some finished miniatures.
Nick
prepares to do some regimental-level ACW gaming.
