Orel USS Cairo

[romfolmar]

Not my first paper model or ship, but first ironclad. Some progress.

 

[Uwek]

I am looking forward to see the working steps

 

[romfolmar]

Work on bottom and wheel

 

[romfolmar]

Well hundreds of small parts, very hard for my 74 year hands and eyes. With kit bashing and doing some things that work for me, I have managed to complete to my satisfaction.

 

[donfarr]

YEA MIGHT GIVE IT A TRY NEVER DID CARD JUST A THOUGHT RIGHT NOW AND I SURE KNOW THE FEELING OF AGE 86 FOR ME EYE SIGHT SUCKS BADLY PUT THROUGH JESUES I CAN MAINTAIN SOME DEGREE OF SKILLS BTW WONDERFUL MODEL TURNED OUT VERY NICE. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS DON

 

[donfarr]

DO YO0U HAVE A LINH WHERE I9 CAN BY THI.S ONE. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE YOU AND YOURS DON

 

[romfolmar]

DO YO0U HAVE A LINH WHERE I9 CAN BY THI.S ONE. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE YOU AND YOURS DON

Ironclad USS Cairo

Manufacturer: OrielScale: 1/200Skill Level: medium

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OREL 234 - 1/200 Battleship "Cairo", Navy, USA, 1862, paper model kit scale | eBay

Type: Battleship Series: Navy Country: USA, 1862 Scale: 1: 200 Volume: 10 x A4 One of seven City-class river casemates built for the western gunboat flotilla. It was a wooden shallow-draft ship with a displacement of 512 tons, a length of 175 feet (53 m) and a width of 51 feet (15 m). The steam...

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good luck

 

[donfarr]

TRYING TO FIND THE LENGTH OF THIS. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE ALL DON

 

[romfolmar]

Length of model is just under 12 inches