Cottage Industry 1/96 U.S.S. Monitor Union Ironclad "Cheesebox On A Raft" 96008

Description: Cottage Industry Models 1/96 U.S.S. Monitor Union Ironclad Warship John Ericsson's "Cheesebox On a Raft" 96008 Brand new! This is a resin and metal kit from Cottage Industry Models.Important! This item is unassembled and unpainted. All extra model kit(s) and figure(s) in the pictures are for illustrative purposes only, and they are not included. About Cottage Industry Models: Cottage Industry Models has dedicated itself to manufacturing historically accurate resin model kits of the Civil War era with what has become an extensive line of naval vessels and siege artillery. The company's owner and creator of these wonderful kits, William Blackmore, has been inspired by continual exposure to the Civil War monuments and museums in the Charleston, South Carolina. Mr. Blackmore's work has been on display in various Civil War museums in the South. Model Specifications: USS Monitor was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the US Navy. She is most famous for her participation in the first-ever naval battle between two ironclad warships, the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862 during the Civil War, in which Monitor fought the ironclad CSS Virginia of the Confederate States Navy. Designed by the Swedish engineer John Ericsson, Monitor was described as a "cheesebox on a raft" consisting of a heavy round revolving iron gun turret on the deck, housing two large (11 inch) Dahlgren guns, paired side by side. The original design of the ship used a system of heavy metal shutters to protect the gun ports while reloading. However, the operation of the shutters proved to be so cumbersome that the crews operating the guns adopted the procedure of simply rotating the turret away from potential hostile fire to reload the guns. Further, the inertia of the rotating turret proved to be so great, that a system for stopping the turret to fire the guns was only implemented on later models of ships in the Monitor class. The crew of Monitor solved the turret inertia problem by firing the guns on the fly while the turret rotated past the target. While this procedure resulted in a substantial loss of accuracy, given the close range at which Monitor operated, the loss of accuracy was not critical. The armored deck was barely above the waterline. Aside from a small boxy pilothouse, a detachable smokestack and a few fittings, the bulk of the ship was below the waterline to prevent damage from cannon fire. The turret comprised 8 bolted together layers of 1" plate with an additional ninth plate inside to act as a sound shield. A steam donkey engine turned the turret. The heavily armored deck extended beyond the waterproof hull which was only 5/8" thick. Thus the vulnerable parts of the ship were completely protected. Monitor's hull was built at the Continental Iron Works in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, New York, and the ship was launched there on January 30th, 1862. This is the 1/96th scale model kit of the USS Monitor turreted Union ironclad. Includes resin, cast metal, and custom photo-etched detail parts, fully detailed interior for the gun turret suitable for cutaway display, complete instructions. Kit measures approximately 22" inches long overall when complete.

Price: 228.15 USD

Location: Sterling, Virginia

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