Monitor LEHIGH patrolling - Models n' Moore

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A FREE PAPER MODEL TO DOWNLOAD AND CONSTRUCT

Build this paper model of the ironclad Lehigh on Stono River in North Carolina, 1864, with a torpedo net, a common precaution of the time. The Passaic-class of monitors included the Lehigh and was the most numerous type to appear during the Civil War, nine ships seeing service. Improved over the first Monitor, it was larger and the turret rotated faster. With the navigation houseon top of the gun turret communication became more effective. An innovation was a periscope reaching into the air to direct the artillery. Build Lehigh or any of Catskill or Patapsco, but do not forget the tug, those monitors were erratic in engine performance.

Monitor LEHIGH patrolling

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SHAVING

S O A P . For Shaving, Washing Soap and

Chapped Hands, and for the cleaning

of the Teeth, it has no equal. Prepared

only by E. E. FLAGG

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PIMP YOUR MODEL

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STEAM TUG INSIDE! John Ericsson made monitors and wore mutton whiskers, a modern man in all respects.

Preferred by Monitor menWatch for coming pop updiorama of Fort Sumter bombarded by monitors

Civil War Buff´s Historic Paper Models no.6

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Double and cut out

Part to be rolled

Optional part

Space to remove

THE SYMBOLS

AUTHENTIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE IRONCLAD LEHIGH AND THE STEAM TUG CLYDE

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29 Turret top30 Pilot house31 Turret deck awning support32 Armour plating33 Ships bell34 Ladder35 Funnel36 Main deck hatch coaming37 Rudder mechanism38 Cover plates39 Ventilators

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THE FRAME OF THE MODEL

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1 Base of hull2-3 Stem of hull4-20 Formers of hull sides21 Gun turret support22 Hull sides23 Main deck24 Support of turret25 Turret armour26 Turret glacis27 Turret inside base28 guns

40 Bollards, large41 Bollards 42 Mooring cleats43 Anchor bits44 Anchor with chain45 Derric with boat46 Empty derrick47 Life boat equipment48 Main deck covers49 Fore mast50 Signal mast

51 Flag staff, aft52 Flags53 Howitzers54 WC55 Torpedo net56 Ships boat57 Ships boat with crew58 Captain and crew59 Deck chairs60 Coils of rope61 Clothes line

The acclaimed performance of the Monitor called for more ships, resulting in John Ericsson´s Passaic in late 1862. It was a working concept, on the weak side to confront shoreline batteries, but never defeated in naval battle. Only mines and stormy wheather could bring them down. The first Monitor lacked sweeping lines, but these later vessels had a more adequatedesign. Commissioned in april 1864, the monitor Lehigh was 200 by 46 ft, with a speed of 7 knots. The steam tug Clyde, atypical vessel of the Civil War, was busy pulling barges of supplies, but also appeared in action to help the gunboats that had been hit and to pick up sailors out of the water. Some of them were armed with spar torpedos, making them fighting tugs. The propeller tug was a more modern concept than the side wheelers, still popular. The two images have been downloadedfrom the National Archives of the United States and are in the free domain.

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Turret assembly (not to scale)

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SHAVING

S O A P . For Shaving, Washing Soap and

Chapped Hands, and for the cleaning

of the Teeth, it has no equal. Prepared

only by E. E. FLAGG

SF L A G G ,

The Soap favoured byMonitor men

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CHOW TO BUILD THIS PAPER MODEL

The tools needed in papermodeling are: a scissors for cutting, a scalpel for small details; a ruler and a nail are handy when scoring the pieces that need folding. A tweezer is welcome when handling small pieces. Non-waterbasedglue is preferable when fixing the spine and formers to keep them from warping. Later use white glue which leaves no spots on visible parts. Rounded parts - masts or funnels - are rolled soft on a stick for the proper shape.

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ASSEMBLING THE MODEL

Start the assembly with the hull, by scoring part 2 and 3 and glue to base 1. Keep the port and starboard carefullyaligned and save trouble later. Proceed to the formers 4-20 and then add 21. After scoring and folding hullsides 22 are mounted, starting in the bow. Prepare main deck 23, cutting out the two openings, the large one with 24 glued from the back. 23 will be glued on the hullsides, but first the turret must be built. 28 is a simple model of the guns in the turret, an optional part. Building the gun turret, just follow the diagram on page B. Start rolling 25a into thecylinder shape. Add strength with 25b and let it dry. Then add the following parts 26a-c making up the glacis, one by one. 27 will close the bottom of the turret. On top follows part 29a-c, where the last is the rim to be cut out. After letting the turret dry, rotate it gently into the opening of the deck. Glue the deck to the ship´s sides and the formersto give stability. Add the funnel and the three flagstaffs. Deck fittings follow with mooring cleats, bollards and hatch coamings. Several additions to the navigation house 30 are possible, awning supports, armour plates and a periscope. The model offers lots of extras, but perhaps best is a fighting configuration with empty decks? All deck fittings on the Passaics were provisionally secured with screwbolts, see the sketch of the bollard above. The white marks onthe main deck can be blackend with the strips provided.

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Screwbolts on deck fittings


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Parts for making the turret and funnel of Catskill, and the red toppedfunnel of Patapsco, with three closed hatches for the main deck and one extra ventile. In a fighting configuration deck fittings were removedand the round small ventiles on deck were covered with plugs, part 48. Three ventiles 39, three hatches 36 and the flagstaffs remained.

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