Fort Sumter
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Fort Sumter, one of the most famous forts known today, was built in 1829 as defense against any potential attacks against Charleston. The exterior walls had been completed by 1861, but the interior of the fort and part of its armament had yet to be finished. The fort would be garrisoned, but see no action until the fateful day of April 12, 1861 when Confederate batteries opened fire on the fort. The fort would have to weather a grueling 34 hour bombardment, barely able to return fire due to ammunition issues. The fort would be surrendered the next day. There would be two attempts to retake the fort in 1863, one led by Rear Admiral Francis Du Pont to bombard the fort into submission and one led by Major General Quincy Gillmore and Rear Admiral John Dahlgren as a joint Army/Navy effort to retake the fort with assaulting troops. Both of these efforts would end in failure and Fort Sumter would remain in Confederate hands until the evacuation of Charleston. The fort was almost entirely in ruins by the end of the war. In an attempt to return it to a viable military installation, the walls were lowered and leveled out, and the third tier of gun emplacements was completely removed. The fort operated as an unmanned lighthouse station for most of the end of the 19th century until the Spanish-American War broke out. Upon this event, a large concrete blockhouse emplacement was built on the forts parade ground and fitted with two 12" disappearing guns that never saw action. This emplacement was deactivated in 1947, and the next year in 1948 the fort became a national monument controlled by the National Park Service.
This fort is modeled in 1/1200 scale and can be printed using any resin or FDM printer. This scale was chosen to facilitate printing on a wider array of printers.
When printing in FDM, some details may be too small to print with a stock 0.4mm nozzle.
This model is very large in comparison to other ships of the time, the model in 1/600 measures just over 6″ and is too large for resin printers such as the Elegoo Mars or Anycubic Photon. A split version of the model is provided in the purchase for those with conventional resin printers. The model can be printed as a single piece on larger printers such as the Elegoo Saturn, Anycubic Mono X, or FDM printer such as the Ender 3 or Prusa.
Included with this purchase is:
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter, one of the most famous forts known today, was built in 1829 as defense against any potential attacks against Charleston. The exterior walls had been completed by 1861, but the interior of the fort and part of its armament had yet to be finished. The fort would be garrisoned, but see no action until the fateful day of April 12, 1861 when Confederate batteries opened fire on the fort. The fort would have to weather a grueling 34 hour bombardment, barely able to return fire due to ammunition issues. The fort would be surrendered the next day. There would be two attempts to retake the fort in 1863, one led by Rear Admiral Francis Du Pont to bombard the fort into submission and one led by Major General Quincy Gillmore and Rear Admiral John Dahlgren as a joint Army/Navy effort to retake the fort with assaulting troops. Both of these efforts would end in failure and Fort Sumter would remain in Confederate hands until the evacuation of Charleston. The fort was almost entirely in ruins by the end of the war. In an attempt to return it to a viable military installation, the walls were lowered and leveled out, and the third tier of gun emplacements was completely removed. The fort operated as an unmanned lighthouse station for most of the end of the 19th century until the Spanish-American War broke out. Upon this event, a large concrete blockhouse emplacement was built on the forts parade ground and fitted with two 12" disappearing guns that never saw action. This emplacement was deactivated in 1947, and the next year in 1948 the fort became a national monument controlled by the National Park Service.
This fort is modeled in 1/1200 scale and can be printed using any resin or FDM printer. This scale was chosen to facilitate printing on a wider array of printers.
When printing in FDM, some details may be too small to print with a stock 0.4mm nozzle.
This model is very large in comparison to other ships of the time, the model in 1/600 measures just over 6″ and is too large for resin printers such as the Elegoo Mars or Anycubic Photon. A split version of the model is provided in the purchase for those with conventional resin printers. The model can be printed as a single piece on larger printers such as the Elegoo Saturn, Anycubic Mono X, or FDM printer such as the Ender 3 or Prusa.
Included with this purchase is:
Fort Sumter
| Filename | Size | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| Fort_Sumter.stl | 1.0 MiB | 2024-02-28 |
