CSS Arkansas Confederate Ram 1/96 Scale Resin & Pewter Model Kit
made in USA by Old Steam Navy
# OSN-19
$279.99
temporarily out of stock
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Old Steam Navy's 1/96th scale model of the Rebel Ram Arkansas
is unique. Computer Aid Design software and stereo lithography was used to
construct her. Stereo lithography uses a laser beam, which scans at .004 of an
inch, to burn in all the victorious detail. The grooves in the railroad iron and
rivets used to build the Arkansas are clearly there in perfect sequence. The
model was created through careful research involving several known plans,
eye-witness accounts, and all known measurements & notations. We then used
the capable skills of well known civil war naval model master, Ed Parent, to
create the master plans, thereby ensuring the most accurate model possible. Only
Old Steam Navy brings the model builder this level of historical accuracy and
detail.
The Old Steam Navy model of the Arkansas has a one-piece hull and a resin
casemate. The vast majority of her other parts are spun cast in lead free
pewter. No expense or detail has been left out to create a museum quality model
of one of the greatest ships in American history. The Arkansas comes with a
16-page history and 7 pages of instructions which fully utilizes our blueprints
of the ship to facilitate construction. The pages are full of photographs,
drawings, and images. The Arkansas is almost 21 inches long. The Old Steam Navy
kit contains over 95 separate parts; three types of cannon, and a custom made
flag. Everything you see in the picture outside of the base and pedestal is
included. The Arkansas was finished in Yazoo City, Mississippi. The armor that
plated her sides were rows of dovetailed double thickness ordinary railroad iron
collected all over the state. Only the forward and rear sections of her casemate
were angled. She had a heavy iron beak on her bow for ramming. Her hull had a
flat bottom Mississippi River design and she had twin screws. To conceal the
Arkansas, the ship was painted a deep earth brown to match the color of the
Mississippi River but every eyewitness account says she was rust colored due to
the poor quality of the pigment in the Confederate paint.
On July 15, 1862 the Arkansas steamed down the Yazoo River. There she fought the
Tyler, the Queen of the West, and the Carondelet. She sank the Carondelet and
chased the other two Union vessels down the Mississippi where she then fought
her way through the entire Mississippi squadron of ships commanded by Admiral
Farragut! The Arkansas fought her way past the Hartford, Iroquois, Richmond,
Sumter, Louisville, Oneida, Cincinnati, Sciota, Wissahickon, Winona, Essex,
Benton, and Lancaster. Such a feat is an amazing accomplishment to her
construction and the bravery of her crew. The Arkansas once docked at Vicksburg
was repeatedly attacked by the Union fleet; but her crew repulsed every attempt
to sink her giving more than she got on each occasion. The Arkansas’ 28 days
of glory came to an end when her engines failed while supporting Confederate
troops in the land attack on Baton Rouge. To prevent her from falling into Union
hands, the Ram was run aground and burned.
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