Description
Perfect for war games or dioramas.
Not quite the Hartford!
USS Richmond was launched in 1860 at Gosport Naval Shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia. She was soon commissioned and sailed for the Mediterranean on unknown business. When she returned in mid-1861, the nation was as war and she was sent to the Caribbean to search for the commerce raider CSS Sumter. The ship eluded capture though and Richmond was sent to join the Gulf Blockading Squadron where she participated in the Battle of the Head of Passes in October 1861 and ran the gauntlet at New Orleans, Vicksburg, and Port Hudson, coming through all three relatively unscathed and assisting in capturing the towns. She then was stationed near Mobile Bay in 1864 and took part in the battle heavily damaging CSS Tennessee and assisting in the bombardment of Fort Morgan. She was then placed on patrol duty around Mobile Bay and Pensacola Bay aiding in the capture of CSS Webb in April 1865.
Our Models are printed in .05 mm layer in resin to maximize the details. Resin colors are limited to Gray, White (Cures off white), Black, Clear Red, Clear Green, Clear Blue, or Yellow. We will contact you with current color choices if you order a color that is not available.
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We examine all of our items and will only send you the pieces that meet our standards.
All items are unpainted (unless otherwise stated) and will usually require some basic cleanup. This can be done with a hobby knife and/or high grit sandpaper.
Resin Printing does not melt plastic like FDM printing. Instead a photo curable liquid resin is placed in a vat and an LCD screen /LED array at specific wavelength (405 NM), which solidifies the liquid resin in that spot. The build plate then moves up to the next layer height (.05 mm or 5 microns in this case) and the process repeats. Each reaction attaches the 'cured' resin in the previous layer. After the printing is completed, we wash the excess resin off in an alcohol bath, and then place the model on a turntable with curing lights for several hours to harden the material to its final form. Resin printing offers a much finer level of detail/resolution at a higher material and consumable cost.
These are printed on demand for you. Orders will be printed and shipped in the order that they are received. If there are any delays, we will communicate with you the expected delivery date.
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Source models are copyright East Coast Ironclads, provided as an officially licensed printer.
***Products in pictures are example pieces. As these are individually printed, there may be small variations***