My “special project” … 1/3 completed. :-)
January 2nd, 2009 From
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>From: “Louis R. Coatney”
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>Thanks for the suggestions, re: my presentation to my niece’s class.
>
>I should have mentioned that I’ve only got 15 minutes.
>
>I have completed my design of the USS MONITOR (1862). It’s crude
> … designed for ease of assembly … but I can do more later.
>
>It is amazing how hard a time I had getting *any* drawings of MERRIMAC/
> CSS VIRGINIA. (My thanks to my Virginia source. 🙂 ) … and
> it too will be a “simplified” representation.
>
>MONITOR’s turret looks *tiny* on its deck — no wonder the “cheesebox
> on a raft” description.
>
>MERRIMAC/CSS VIRGINIA was actually wierd: Its foredeck and quarter
> deck were *AWASH* … leaving only the armored casemate as its
> flotation. I guess you could say it was a semi-submersible. 🙂
> What’s more, as it used up ammunition … ballast … its more
> vulnerable submarine hull raised up out of the water. (MONITOR
> was a *far* superior, “dedicated” design. Ericson *was* a genius.)
>
>These things really *were* straight out of Jules Verne: “Infernal
> Machines,” to be sure. And the *drama* of the story: … working
> night and day to get to sea before the enemy ‘clad.
>
>Oh, … Did I mention I’m going to be putting M&M up on my webpage
> FOR FREE? 🙂 … along with *very* simple rules, so that kids can
> do down-and-dirty-naval-wargaming-on-the-floor … of their classrooms.
> I wonder if Fred Reisinger might be interested, for ERIC, too.
>
>It will be interesting to see if this popularizes the naval wargaming
> (and history) hobby at all. If nothing else, it will be a good
> ‘with-the-kids holiday project … if I can get all this completed
> … by Christmas.
>
>Lou
> Coatney, mslrc@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu
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>(Incidentally, that “NavalWarR@aol.com” address is to the editor of
> THE NAVAL WARGAMING REVIEW, Nathan Forney. It’s a *good* little
> magazine.)