The CSS Alabama is a steam confederate raider. The kit was cast in 1961. The scale is 1/96. 1/8″ = 1′.
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Specs of CSS Alabama
The length of the CSS Alabama was 213′ 18″. The breadth was 32′. The depth was 19′ 19″. Tonnage was 682.31.
Handmade tools
At this graveling dock the engines and boilers were lowered and fitted into hull 290. On June 12, 1862, the first sea trail happen. The engines were two horizontal engines of 300 horsepower each. Back to the dock for minor adjustments. There here sails were bent for a bark rig. Beside using after market hardware,…
The rush to launch
On the 14th of May the hull was launched in Liverpool, England. The fiction in the newspapers reported hull 290 was to be Spanish frigate. In truth the hull warped to a dock under a 50 foot crane was to be a Confederate commerce raider. The Union in America fought to stop the outfitting of…