Thanks @zburkett, I've just added this to my 2017 new book list.Just finished "Two Years on the Alabama." If you have any interest in the sea war it is a must read.
That's a good-looking model. Another reference I'd recommend is Andrew Bowcock's CSS Alabama: Anatomy of a Confederate Raider. It's crammed with both reproductions of original drawings and reconstructed drawings. Bowcock was a retired marine architect with Camel-Laird at Birkenhead, where the ship was built, and had access to all the surviving original documentation in the company's hands. He includes a discussion, as well, as to which of the three surviving models of the ship from the 1860s is likely the most accurate depiction of her.If you're into the shipbuilding history of the Alabama, check out "CSS Alabama Builder, Captain and Plans" by Charles Grayson Summersell, University of Alabama Press, 1985. I have the 1rst edition of it. Great book. The images attached are of the Revelle 1/96th scale model of the Alabama I built back in 1997. I spent 9 weeks putting this together and rigging it, the sails are rolled muslin. The kit is almost impossible to find now and it commands a high price if you can find one.
I ordered this today. If you have suggestions on how explain getting yet another Alabama book, please let me know by Monday.If you're into the shipbuilding history of the Alabama, check out "CSS Alabama Builder, Captain and Plans" by Charles Grayson Summersell, University of Alabama Press, 1985. I have the 1rst edition of it. Great book.
I agree with Andy, great job on the Alabama model !Andy, thanks for the compliment about my Revelle kit. It is actually a clone of the Kearsarge model kit which Revelle marketed back then as well.
Hah !I generally have to confine myself to digital models on the computer. We have cats.
If you're into the shipbuilding history of the Alabama, check out CSS Alabama Builder, Captain and Plans by Charles Grayson Summersell, University of Alabama Press, 1985.