Ironclad vessel...in a Steampunk kind of way

[Buzzbomb]

Going to add my awesome to the rest of the awesome comments because.. yes the build is awesome

Great job and some excellent inspiration for a "What the ...."  at some model show

[billb]

Brilliant.  Absolutely brilliant!

[Dr. YoKai]

Old Wombat mused

PS: Regarding the USS Galena, I get the feeling she wasn't clad in enough steel (note the holes in, & the shot wedged into her hull in the photo).

 Spot on, to my recollection - she was fairly thinly armored, even by the standards of the time. Her iron was eventually stripped, and she served the remainder of her career as an unarmored patrol vessel.

[Weaver]

Wow!!! Sorry I havn't been keeping up on this one, but what a great surprise now I have: that looks really really good  - well done! 

[Old Wombat]

Old Wombat mused

PS: Regarding the USS Galena, I get the feeling she wasn't clad in enough steel (note the holes in, & the shot wedged into her hull in the photo).

 Spot on, to my recollection - she was fairly thinly armored, even by the standards of the time. Her iron was eventually stripped, and she served the remainder of her career as an unarmored patrol vessel.

And, I seem to recall, she was later converted into a sail-powered "cargo" ship, having her engines & boilers removed to create cargo space.



Guy

[Modelling_Mushi]

Antonio, this is simply beautiful!

[Panzerroland]

Hi Antonio,

simply fantastic! Everything looks right. Makes me wanting to steal your idea.

Regards
Roland

[ChernayaAkula]

This is about fifty different flavours of "awesome"!  :)