"Extra boats for my Confederate Navy" Topic

I needed some extra CSS ships for a game on Saturday, and it was Monday afternoon. I downloaded some free STLs from the interwebs and printed them with my Bambu Mini. Really should have waited for the .02mm hotend (it was in the mail) but I was in a hurry. A couple of hours later I had eight more boats in the collection. Close-up they look rough but at three feet away on the table they will do. You can find the rest of the fleet here: link

They look good. But various ship-builiding, Navy and Coast Guard relatives will haunt me if I do not say "A boat is something which can be picked up and carried on a ship." (The Submarine Exception does not apply in period.)

I was thinking of that exception before I read the brackets.

I feel Francis bacon and Cornelius van drebbel may disagree with you though.

I would like to be a fly on the wall when you tell a fine lady she's a boat.

I'm neither a Viking nor a pirate, H Man.

Guess I'm just a romantic gentleman.

Funny how some minds turn to non concentual encounters when women are mentioned.

I think it is amazing that we are at the point where someone can say, "I don't have what I need for tomorrow's game, so I'll just print them up."

I do the same thing, only with wood scraps, cardstock and bits of wire.

Murvihill,
That is my normal response but I was busy doing other things (being retired means that everyone wants to use your "free time")
in 1/600th

or 28mm

+1 murvihill.

It's funny how the kids always think what they are doing is so cutting edge.

It's sad we are at a point where people feel they need to provide photo evidence that they can do some modelling.

Why didn't OP show those first, as opposed to the last minute stand ins?

The world's all topsy-turvy.

Ironclad vessels built during the American Civil War were considered ships, but they were often categorized based on their design and intended use.

Ironclads were divided into different classes, including:

Monitors – Low-profile, turreted warships designed for coastal and riverine combat (e.g., USS Monitor).

Casemate Ironclads – Ships with sloped, armored casemates housing their guns, often used by the Confederacy (e.g., CSS Virginia).

Ironclad Rams – Ships designed for ramming enemy vessels, sometimes with limited armament (e.g., USS Cairo).

Broadside Ironclads – More traditional warships with iron armor and guns arranged along their sides (e.g., USS New Ironsides).

They were still technically considered ships by the naval standards of the time but were often described as gunboats. I wouldn't want to take some of those Confederate Ironclads onto the open ocean.