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Range 7
- "Hammerin
Iron" ACW
Riverine
1/600th Warships and models
for the American Civil War

This range covers the American Civil War 1861 to 1865. Included
in the range are ships, forts and figures. This allows the player to
fight all aspects of the riverine war. The ships are mostly resin
castings. Some of the smaller ships are metal castings. Most ships
also come with metal fittings such as funnels. They are easy to
paint and put together. Like all Peter Pig ranges this range has
constant new additions. This range started in 1991 and has been
popular ever since.
It is quite reasonable to have games with only 1 ship per side
to get started, which means you can have access to this period of warfare for only a
small amount of money.
These are photos from the Coltishall Cowards ACW Naval
spectacular at Partizan 2007. Thanks chaps!
Click Here for a Link to
the Club Site
       
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Think you will agree that these are superb!!!
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Hammerin'
Iron an overview of the range |
| Ships |
The ships are all built to a scale of
1/600th. They are designed as robust wargames models.
This means they should withstand some rough hands. The ships
are all waterlined. The ships are quite thick in their
waterline but you can sand them down as much as you want to
make them sit lower in the water. |
| Masts |
Most ACW ships had any masts removed
when in riverine actions. The masts were replaced by single
pole masts for flag display etc. We DO NOT provide these
pole masts in order to keep costs down, but do give
indentations at the correct places on the models if a
customer wishes to drill out the hole and put wire in.
We can drill the holes and provide the wire for an extra
cost (£1.50). Contact us by E mail and we will do the
extra drilling and supply the wire or even glue it in of
required. |
| Funnels |
Each ship is provided with the appropriate
funnel castings. A lot of the ships use a universal
funnel casting which needs to be trimmed to the right size.
The funnel supplied is quite long in order to allow for
customers who drill the original funnel hole deeper in order
to create a super strong hole for the funnel. Any ship
with a universal funnel will have a mm (millimetre) figure
beside it, which indicates how tall the funnel should be
above deck level. |
| Ships
boats |
Most ACW ships had lifeboats. These were
often towed behind in order to avoid cluttering the deck and
gun arcs. We DO NOT provide lifeboats with the models in
order to keep the costs down. Lifeboats are sold as a
separate pack (pack 13). These boats can either be
surface mounted on the model, or two holes drilled and the
boat davits dropped in to those holes. WE can do the
drilling and fit boats for you at a cost of £1.50.
Contact us if you require this service. |
Hammerin'
Iron rules
UK Buyer £16
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Hammerin'
Iron rules
European buyer£18
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Hammerin'
Iron rules
Rest of world buyer
£20
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Hammerin' Iron rules.
£16 UK. The first version came out 20+ years ago. This 2011
edition uses many of the earlier mechanisms but now includes
a scenario generator, more ship statistics as well as fire
rafts, torpedo boats, mines, submarines and forts.
Excellent. The rules include order cards and play sheets. No
additional books needed. Gives a really nice game in 2.5
hours or less. Tim has put the wire spine on them to allow
the book to be laid flat when gaming. |
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Scenarios used at shows |
A sheet
of scenarios for quick 4 turn games.
As used by the Hammerin' iron team at shows in the US and
UK.
Maybe it would be useful at club nights for quick games?
The D6 +x tells players how many hexes in from their
edge to place each ship.
e.g given "Monitor, Governor Moore D6+1,
D6-2" . Means that the Monitor is placed D6 add 1 spot
hexes in from the table end and the Governor Moore is placed
D6 +2 spots, hexes in from the table end.
Click here for sheet
Click here for Scenario 1 ship sheet
Click here for Scenario 2 ship sheet
Click here for Scenario 3 ship sheet
Click here for Scenario 4 ship sheet
Click here for Scenario 5 ship sheet |
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Hammerin' Iron
game mat.(07070) £25.
This mat measure 5 feet by 3 feet. It is made of a
lightweight polyester. It can get a bit creased if you are
rough with it. However it can ironed by your husband
using the least hot setting. £25.
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Packs with no price next to them
are "standard " Peter Pig packs .
Pictures above provided by Steve Flack!!! Thanks
Paint by Dave Parkin
Confederate ships
Many Confederate ironclads were built on hulls previously
topped by wooden superstructures. Guns were varied and hard
to come by.
The number of gun ports does not indicate the
number of guns as the guns were often missing or mounted on
internal swivels to operate from several ports. |
2.CSS
Manassas . a cigar shaped ram ship, great fun £3.50
Funnel =
10mm
Paint by Dave Parkin
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4.CSS Nashville. Huge side wheeled ironclad. Looks really
mean £5
Funnel =
13mm
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6.CSS
Tuscaloosa. Very typical of confederate ironclads £3.50
Funnel =
13mm
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14.CSS Virginia. The Big Rebel ironclad that started a lot
of fuss amongst the Yankees £5
Funnel =
13mm
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15.CSS General Sumter. Side wheeled paddle ram , use for
both sides. £4
Funnel =
15mm
Paint by Dave Parkin
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19.CSS Albemarle Another typical confederate ironclad
£3.50
Funnel =
9mm
Paint by Dave Parkin
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20.AD Vance The best blockade
runner of the war. £4.50
Funnel =
13mm + sloped
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24.CSS General Bragg.
Looks nice £4.50
Funnel =
15mm
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26.CSS Governor Moore. Cottonclad paddle Boat £4.50
Funnel =
15mm + sloped
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27.CSS Selma. Long Paddle/gunboat £4.50
Funnel =
16mm
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34.CSS Tennessee. Huge casemate ironclad (a real
killer) £5
Funnel =
12mm
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44.CSS
Arkansas Casemate Ironclad £3.50
Funnel =
11mm
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45.CSS Palmetto State (Richmond class casemate ironclad) £3.50
Funnel =
11mm
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46. CSS Drewry (Small Gunboat-very common) £3.50
Funnel = 14mm
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Guns and ship accessories
These items can be used to enhance the look of the
boats. |
13. Ships boats on davits for any ship (8 of)
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28. Wrecked ship pieces.
Random selection, looks good in a
game £4.50
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29.Deck
guns (heavy) (10 of)
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43. Deck guns (medium) (10 of)
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Troops in 3mm size
These troops can be used to
run a land game alongside the naval game. They can also be
used for battles in their own right. The guns are
deployed with crews and limbers.
The infantry are in
ranks with flags. The cavalry are deployed in ranks. |
10. 12pdr Guns and limbers (8 of). Useful for shore support.
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39.Infantry blocks(8 of)
26mm by 6mm base
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40.Cavalry blocks(8 of)
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41.Skirmisher blocks(8 of)
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42.Command blocks(8 of)
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| Markers and tokens for HI
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62. HI "On table
markers"
1x sub/1 x torpedo
boat/4x mines/ 2 x fires
These are markers that a re placed on the
game table to represent fires, torpedo boats, submarines and
mines.
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63. HI "Off table markers". 10 discs.
These are discs with label/image to record ship
damage. These markers are kept off table with the ship record
sheet. £3.50
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64. Battle clock. Counts from 0 to 8
for the HI game. £2.60
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Guns, forts and scenery
These forts and pieces can be put along the river
banks and shores. Either to shoot at the boats or to
decorate the game. They are all to1/600th scale. |
9. Coastal fort with
sloped sides.
Includes 5 guns (normal compliment for HI ) £6.50
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11.Heavy
fort guns 8 of
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18.Harbour buildings number 1 (4 of) £3.50
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23. Wharf(5"). Has buildings and wagons cast on. £4
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30. Fort Sumter 1861. A big model which
includes all the necessary guns etc.
(get one of these!) £27
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31.Barbette guns (10 of)
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32. Carriage Guns (10 of)
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55. Rectangular city block (resin) £5.50
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56. Farm (resin)£5.50
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61. Small fort with
3 guns
(normal compliment for HI ) £4.50
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| Hammerin Iron Navies |
| Each navy comprises of the regulation 6 ships and fort
needed to play Hammerin' Iron. Each navy is pointed at
6000 points for a HI game. The groupings are not
historically accurate in order to give a navy with lots of
fun potential! You have been able to re-deploy ships to make
up your own navy. |
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Union navy -Box 1
(07091) |
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| USS Benton |
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USS Indianola |
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| USS Choctaw |
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USS Blackhawk |
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| USS Switzerland |
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Commodore Morris |
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| Small fort |
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Contents =33,49,25,50,52,35,61 |
| £31
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Union navy
-Box 2
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| USS Canonicus |
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USS Cairo |
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| USS Chillicothe |
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USS Tyler |
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| USS Fuchsia x2 |
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Medium fort |
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Contents = 9,36,37,59,51,17(x2) |
| £30
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Union navy -Box 3
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| USS Passaic |
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USS Sandusky |
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| USS Keokuk |
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USS Miami |
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| USS Fuschia (x2) |
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Large fort |
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Contents =30,57,21,54,7,17(x2) |
| £50
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Confederate navy -
Box 4
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| CSS Arkansas |
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CSS Tuscaloosa |
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| CSS Governor Moore |
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CSS Manassas |
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| CSS Selma |
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CSS Planter |
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| Small fort |
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Contents =44,6,26,2,27,3,61 |
| £29
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Confederate navy -
Box 5
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| CSS Virginia |
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CSS Albemarle |
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| CSS General Bragg |
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CSS General Sumter (x2) |
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| CSS Planter |
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Medium fort |
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Contents =9, 14, 19, 24, 15(x2), 3 |
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Confederate
navy - Box 6
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| CSS Tennessee |
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CSS Nashville |
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| CSS General Bragg |
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CSS Governor Moore |
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| CSS Drewry |
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Large fort (Sumter) |
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Contents =30, 34, 4, 24, 26, 46(x2) |
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Richard Watts has done these nice boats. Thanks!
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