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FORGING AHEAD - A Civil War Model by FUBAR IV

7/26/2010

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During the Civil War, a traveling forge was specifically designed and constructed as a blacksmith shop on wheels to carry the essential equipment necessary for blacksmiths and artisans to both shoe horses and repair wagons and artillery equipment for both U.S. and Confederate armies during the American Civil War. An American Civil War era traveling forge contained 1200 pound of tools, coal and supplies. These tools and supplies included a bellows attached to a fireplace, a four-inch wide vise, 100 pound anvil, a box containing 250 pounds of coal, 200 pounds of horse shoes, four foot long bundled bars of iron, and on the limber was a box containing the smith’s hand tools. 
                                                                                        - Wikipedia, ©2009 
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Fubar IV’s traveling battle forge is a truly marvelous model, pictures don’t do it justice. When you see this piece in combination with his limber and cannon battery, it literally “blows you away” (pun intended). The forge is an exacting miniature replica of the forges used by both armies during the civil war and features miniature tools and a operating bellows handle. 

Construction is similar to his cannon and limber models with wood, styrene and brass components being the majority of materials used. His wagon wheels use a superior technique to most of the homemade wagon wheels out there as his rims are made of a single piece of PVC cut in scale widths on a table saw. The wooden spoke are then pinned to the rim and the hub making for a very durable, functional wheel. 
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The frame and box of the forge are made of wood and are accurately detailed with fittings made from styrene and brass. When I saw the model up close I was convinced that all of the parts were actually metal. It is beautiful work. Fubar has included a selections of tools. There is a vise mounted onto the frame of the forge and a anvil with miniature hammers. The vise and anvil are made of wood, but you would swear that they are cast iron because of the realistic painting. 
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I won’t even begin to describe how Fubar has created a spring loaded bellows handle. All I can say was that I was very surprised when he removed the top of the forge to show me the mechanism. Speaking of that top, it is made of a piece of card stock, covered with thin copper sheet that you can buy at better hobby shops. It looks just like the real thing. On the back of the forge there is a tool/supply box with a hinged lid. Fubar plans to fill it with horseshoes eventually. 
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The final piece of the model is a beautifully done blacksmith with real hair (faux fur) and real leather boots and apron. I particularly like the leather forearm protectors; a very realistic detail that adds greatly to the final appearance of the figure. All of Fubar’s figures get facial repaints with pastels. He does a really nice job of creating subtle life-like shading (most of my facial repaints end up looking like raccoons). He finishes off the repaint with a layer of dullcoat to protect his work. I don’t know about you guys, but I would love to have one of these setups for my 6th Georgia. This is one sweet piece and as you can see makes for a great diorama all by itself, imagine it with a battery of cannon and limbers.


I'll take three thank you, Well, that's all for this time, Until next time, have a good one!

18 Comments
Panzercommander (HOH)
7/27/2010 05:19:10 am

Good update Point Man!

Actually, the bit about what the blacksmith wagon would have contained whilst in the field was a very interesting read! Man that seems like a lot of weight to lug around - but I guess I don't have the stats on what a normal Union or Confederate supply wagon would weigh in comparison. (Wait, I guess the Confederate wagon would be an empty weight - since they never had any supplies! HAHA!)

Still - very cool - Fubar made some fantastic pieces! Nicely done Fubar!

Point Man - you need to stop with the Civil War updates lest I venture into yet another era! The last thing I need is a section of Confederates!

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Point Man
7/27/2010 05:25:46 am

Oh, but yes you do...Everyone needs a healthy selection of Civil War figures to round them out as versatile collectors. After all "Man cannot live on collecting 20th Century alone". A steady diet of 19th Century is required too (ha-ha).

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okimbored
7/27/2010 08:07:15 am

Thats really cool, I don't remember seeing that before. I'd love to make something like that but considering it's taken me 2 weeks to do one horse I think i'll have to stick with the shallow end of the pool for now.

PC you don't have to go ACW, or if you do be a rebel and concentrate on union soldiers.



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Panzercommander (HOH)
7/27/2010 08:31:12 am

True, I don't (and I will endeavor not to due to lack of finances), but if I did, I'd have a section of Confederates. I'm afraid I'd have to do too much uniform research to put together a section of Union troops.

Actually, speaking of that - I'm regretting my recent purchase of a Sideshow WWI German Trench Raider. I've been slowly upgrading the figure, but I've found that to do the final insignia touches right I need to research time/place/regiment for this guy as his epaulettes require a regiment number and his bayonet requires a troddel with specific colors denoting rank, regiment, and even which German state he came from. This is exactly what I DID NOT want to get in to - I like generic figures that have a multitude of uses (like my mid-war WWII German infantry squad - I can use it from 1941 to the end of the war with only slight modifications!)

This post is a reminder of why I don't want to get into Civil War figures - I'll have to do tons of research to get it right and then they'll only be fit for one specific campaign or something (and if I used them for something else, some asshole would make sure to tell me that I was wrong!)

Thoughts guys?

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okimbored
7/27/2010 10:57:52 am

well your always welcome to dabble in my current interest "Hollywood western" By labeling my stuff Hollywood I'm free to make whatever I like without regard to stich nazi's, dates, or reality. Actually I think you could attach Hollywood to any time frame and just have fun. I really think most people in the hobby gained their inital intrest from inaccurate movies, and discovered history and accuracy later.

Honestly PC your discription of that WWI German sounds more like work to me then fun, while the end result might be a museum quality work of art, to me it just wouldn't be worth it. Perhaps thats the downfall of MY figures

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Panzercommander (HOH)
7/27/2010 04:50:12 pm

Oh man... I can't... (Though it would be cool, especially if I had your town display!)

The WWI German became a lot more work than fun, so I think I'm putting him off until I can get a few more reference books.

I just hate taking the time to do a figure and write-up only to post it on the internet and have the same old Stitch Nazis tear it apart. It ruins my day!

Oh - when I'm done with the figure it will be a nice kitbash - not a museum piece. I am not ballsy enough to attempt to weather anything yet!

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okimbored
7/28/2010 03:22:33 am

IF I make it to the show in Nov. I'm planning to bring along a building so you guys can get a closeup of how I'm making them, once you see how easy they really are you could have a town in no time.

And don't feel bad, I don't weather anything either. Weathering really limits what you can do with a figure, sure if your making a perminate display piece thats fine but otherwise for something like a story you'd need duplicate uniforms for every figure since you wouldn't have dirty, torn up uniforms in town and such

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Panzercommander (HOH)
7/28/2010 06:46:38 am

Agreed completely okimbored!

I haven't tried to weather anything either - so I don't want to ruin something expensive or irreplaceable because of a slip of the brush either.

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I wrote the Wiki article on the Traveling Forge, spent 4 years building a full size traveling forge and have a book on Civil War Blacksmithing ready to be published hopefully by Christmas. The box on the back of the traveling forge is only to hold 250 pounds of coal, and did not hold any tools in it. The tools were carried inside the limber chest on the limber that was attached to the front of the forge, and more tools were in the battery wagon.

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