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.

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

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?

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

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

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! :-)

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
 
Alistair

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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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Quote from: AlistairDHow 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....

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
 
Alistair

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                   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....


     
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Eddy


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Quote from: AlistairDI 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.

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.

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

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

Al Blevins

Quote from: Al BlevinsI 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.

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