Resin Model Replica of the CSS Virginia Civil Warship. - Absolutely beautifully done model and extremely hard to find!

This model has metal railings, propeller and both metal and some wood components. Made nearly all of resin and measuring two feet in length, it has brass pedestals that mount the replica to a wooden base with a brass name plate attached.

HISTORY:

CSS Virginia was the first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy during the first year of the American Civil War; she was constructed as a casemate ironclad using the razéed (cut down) original lower hull and engines of the scuttled steam frigate USS Merrimack.

Virginia was one of the participants in the Battle of Hampton Roads, opposing the Union's USS Monitor in March 1862. The battle is chiefly significant in naval history as the first battle between ironclads.

This model would obviously greatly enhance any Civil War historian's collection. An extremely rare model to come by.