Blockade runners

[Eddy Matthews]

A short article on blockade runners of the American civil war - It's only 5 years until the 150th anniversary of the start of the civil war, so if anyone fancies building one of these ships, now would seem like a good time to start.

[Al Blevins]

I guess I was just ahead of the curve for once. My scratchbuilt 1/96 scale model of the blockade runner OWL is about two-thirds complete.

Al Blevins

[PJ]

Hey Al...great to hear from you again...do you have any pics?  

Regards

PJ
Vcitoria, BC Canada

PS.  Do you ever get to the Museum at Rondout in Kingston?

[Al Blevins]

Hello PJ,

I will take some pictures and post them now that I have the paddlewheels and paddleboxes installed.

I haven't been to the museum at Rondout for a couple of years. A friend of mine produced an exhibit there and used two of my models in it.

The photo is of the steam tug ROB a small tug used by Cornell to ferry barges to and from large tows in the Hudson River and for excursions to New York. It is scratchbuilt in 1/96 scale.

Al

[Al Blevins]

Eddy,

Thanks for posting the article on blockade runners, it was very interesting. I especially enjoyed reading about the tactics used by the Union in implementing the blockade and the methods used by the Confederates to elude them.

Al

[Eddy Matthews]

Thanks Al, glad you enjoyed it  - I've had quite a few positive comments about the article, so I'll have to see if I can dig out some more stuff on blockade runners.... Well okay I'll be honest and say I'll have to ask Walter Snowdon if he has any more stuff! :-)

[AlistairD]

How are you able to print these  articles so you can read it. If I print the jpeg it comes up at about a quarter  of an inch square for the whole page, if I do an enlarge option to A5, the  photos and plans are OK, but the text is illegible
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 Alistair
 

 
Eddy,

Thanks for posting the article on    blockade runners, it was very interesting. I especially enjoyed reading about    the tactics used by the Union in implementing the blockade and the methods    used by the Confederates to elude them.

Al



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[Eddy Matthews]

How are you able to print these  articles so you can read it. If I print the jpeg it comes up at about a quarter  of an inch square for the whole page, if I do an enlarge option to A5, the  photos and plans are OK, but the text is illegible

Dead easy Alistair - Simply click on the image and it will open up a new window on your browser showing the image full size.

The image displayed in the message is just a thumbnail to speed up the loading time for the pages....

[AlistairD]

I can see it on my browser, but the text is too  blurred when I print it, and I haven't time to sit at my PC reading these  pages
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   From:    Eddy Matthews (research@paddleducks.co.uk)
   To: research@paddleducks.co.uk (research@paddleducks.co.uk)
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   Subject: RE: Blockade runners
   

   
                    AlistairD wrote:            How are you able to print these articles so you can read          it. If I print the jpeg it comes up at about a quarter of an inch square          for the whole page, if I do an enlarge option to A5, the photos and          plans are OK, but the text is illegible

Dead easy Alistair - Simply click on the image and it    will open up a new window on your browser showing the image full    size.

The image displayed in the message is just a thumbnail to speed    up the loading time for the pages....


     
Regards
Eddy


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[Eddy Matthews]

I can see it on my browser, but the text is too  blurred when I print it, and I haven't time to sit at my PC reading these  pages

That's where we hit a problem Alistair - The images could be scanned at a much higher resolution which would solve your problem, but the website is paid for by Paul Jordan, David Allison, Walter Snowdon and myself - Unfortunately few things in life are free! And scanning at a higher resolution would probably triple the size of the images - thereby gobbling up our precious webspace...

If other members were prepared to help with costs we could buy more space and solve the problem - But that would need members that were prepared to pay up each and every year when the fees were due, no point in a one-off payment as that would still leave us with a shortfall in the following years..... This is a long term project!

The obvious route would be to charge a subscription fee so that everyone contributed to the costs - But that would be something that would be unacceptable to me (and I'm sure to a great many members). This is a minority hobby, and charging for access would kill the site!

So sadly, at least for now, I'm afraid that your stuck with reading the articles online.

[towboatjoe]

Alistair, I always take the full image and save it to my hard drive. That way I can view it whenever i desire with any software that opens jpeg extensions. Be sure to save the full image and not the thumbnail image. I've not had any problem reading any I have printed.

[jock]

looking forward to more info on these blockade runners, they look to be interesting models.
Jock

[Al Blevins]

I have pposted three photos of the progress to date of my model of CSS OWL, a confederate blockade runner of 1863.

Al Blevins

[Eddy Matthews]

I have pposted three photos of the progress to date of my model of CSS OWL, a confederate blockade runner of 1863.

Al Blevins

A lovely looking model Al - Thanks for the photos. Please don't take this the wrong way, but I just love the simplicity of the blockade runners. To me they make ideal working models, especially for someone wanting to build a paddler for the first time.

[Al Blevins]

Thank you Eddy. I agree with you regarding their simplicity. Many were obviously purpose-built for speed and carrying capacity with little time or space for refinement and non-essential fittings. Glad you liked the photos.

Al Blevins