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

 

[Bluemaxone]

This is a gorgeous model with all the detail. Do you use stouter card than what the kit provides, or does it come this way? (WYSIWYG, per your photos).

 

[romfolmar]

This is a gorgeous model with all the detail. Do you use stouter card than what the kit provides, or does it come this way? (WYSIWYG, per your photos).

It was built from the kit, I did use laser cut frames and strengthen some elements with CA