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Workbench is where the Editor does his best to assemble, paint, and prepare some of the products sent to us here at The Miniatures Page.

He may be more of a perfectionist than you are - or he may be less of one! He's not trying to prescribe the One Right Way. He's just trying to describe how one guy happens to do it.

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Mainmast and mizzenmast

1:600 Scale Masts from Bay Area Yards

Hate having to scratchbuild your own masts? Not any more... [27 Oct 2009]

OTHER ARTICLES

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Building the Thoroughbred USS Monitor
Personal logo The G Dog Supporting Member of TMP couldn't say 'no' to this opportunity! [29 Jul 2009]

Building Little Round Top
The goal is to build a series of gameboards covering Longstreet's Assault on the 2nd day of Gettysburg. [28 Jan 2008]

Building the Peter Pig Mortar Schooner
Personal logo The G Dog Supporting Member of TMP replicates a mortar schooner at Fort Jackson during the New Orleans campaign. [21 Dec 2007]

Painting 1/2400 ACW Ironclads from Tumbling Dice
Personal logo McKinstry Supporting Member of TMP is a naval wargamer who likes the smaller scales, so who better to show us how to paint small-scale ironclads? [12 Aug 2007]

U.S.S. Amphitrite in 1/600 Scale
Personal logo Virtualscratchbuilder Supporting Member of TMP builds Merrimack/Old Glory Shipyard's 1/600 scale USS Amphitrite. [1 Jul 2007]

U.S.S. Marmora Tinclad
Damaged in an ocean crossing, Bay Area Yard's 1:600 scale U.S.S. Marmora finally appears in Workbench. [24 Jun 2007]

Building Langton's 1/1200 Scale U.S.S. Cumberland
David Conyers of Aire Brush Painting Service tells how he builds and paints 1/1200 scale ACW ship. [5 Mar 2007]

Visiting with Steve
While driving across the country, the Editor was fortunate enough to be invited in by Steve Smith - and a wargaming tour was in order! [9 Nov 2004]

Painting 10mm ACW Figures in 7 Steps
Reader Alamo36t tells us how to paint 10mm scale ACW figures quickly and easily. [5 Mar 2002]

Making Pig's Monitor

The Editor finally finishes that ironclad project he started back in '98... [27 Jul 2001]

Making Panzerschiffe's Monitor
The Editor does his best with a 1:2400 scale resin ironclad, and even messes around with some artist gel... [26 Jul 2001]

Resin Craters
Three sizes of battlefield craters from Tactical Conflict Systems [10 Mar 2000]