From MilesR: 28mm War of 1812 US Gunboat

 Here's my last submission for the first day - a US Gunboat from the War of 1812 in 28mm scale.  The boat is a laser cut kit that's available from LaserDreamworks and was fairly easy to build.  It's just under 18 inches long and was a nice change of "paint scale" pace.

A previously painted 28mm figure is provided for scale (no points for the figure).

 It looks a little bare on the crew side as the figures I ordered for the crew are still in the post.  I'll add them in a future post once they arrive.  There are a few other ships I need to complete also.

By the end of this year's challenge I hope to have a small fleet of US and British ships complete with crews.  This one is in the "mid-size" range of what's planned.

These gunboats were fairly common as river defense units and could either be sailed or rowed into position.  Once battle was joined (which was rarely) the sails would be put away and the ship rowed.  The ship packs a pretty good punch for her size by mounting two 32 pound carronades on rotating mounts.  During the British campaign in the Chesapeake Bay (you know the time you so rudely burned the White House down) these gunboats would dart in and out of the many inlets and creeks up and down the Bay.  The boats didn't have a keel so could go into very shallow waters which the larger British ships couldn't pursue into.

I've left the model "sans rigging" as I want to playlets it a bit to see how it works on the tabletop.  This model will be used in my upcoming Historicon game along a few other ships and there will be lots of board actions and timbers being shivered (hopefully).

Ohh wow, how lovely is that! Wonderful stuff Miles. I know you have purchased a few of these kits and look forward to seeing the rest of your flotilla.

As for scoring, hmm... Based on its mass, let's call it the equivalent of four 28mm vehicles, so 60 points. Excellent work.