Winan's Cigar ship gunboat - Page 2

**B-Manic** · #11 03-25-2008, 09:19 AM

A very nice build of a interesting vessel. I have been sorely tempted to order Oliver's more detailed, twin screw/twin rudder, model at Walden Models. One of these days.

http://www.waldenfont.com/papermodel...p?productID=10

**papiro** · #12 03-25-2008, 10:02 AM

A very exotic machine, surely with many tecnical problems (if was a real ship) but still a beautiful rare thing and a nice model (a superb job from you cjwalas).
Saludazos

**B-Manic** · #13 03-25-2008, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by papiro

A very exotic machine, surely with many tecnical problems (if was a real ship) but still a beautiful rare thing and a nice model (a superb job from you cjwalas).
Saludazos

This and many other interesting things were concieved and built by Winan using the profits from railway building primarily in Russia. His ships did not prove to be profitable. The links below provide some interesting reading on the subject.

http://home.att.net/~karen.crisafulli/CigarBoats.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Winans

**Don Boose** · #14 03-25-2008, 12:28 PM

Chris --

I'd love to see you build that Maly Hampden! But I'd also like to see that KGV take shape.

Meanwhile, how about more of the Walden models?

Don

**cjwalas** · #15 03-25-2008, 06:00 PM

Don,
I will do the Hampden someday, probably sooner than later. But a friend in Europe tells me he has the Fly model Hampden that is in the night bomber color scheme. I haven't been able to track down a copy anywhere else yet. Talks are ongoing!

With some of the recent 1860's- 1900 ship models coming out, I'm thinking I may go on that track for a while. I don't think I'll tackle the Hunley yet, but I also have the4 Drafmodel Forelle 1903 submarine. It's in 1/50, so I'll need to scan it and enlarge it to 1/25 to match most of the other small sub models I have waiting to be built! In the meantime, I have oh, so many models to keep me busy!:o
As for the KGV, I think I may be a few years away from that one!
Chris

**papiro** · #16 03-25-2008, 07:54 PM

B-manic.-
Thanks for the information.
The russians are very innovative through the naval history but often very crazy fast-developers with strange ideas without solid technical basis (as that ship and others like Novogorod, etc.).
Saludazos again !