• The package contains 3D files, for model printing - CSS Teaser. _NOTE:_Stylized model for easy printing.

• The template contains the following file formats for printing: .blend, .gltf (.glb), .dae, .fbx, .obj, .stl, .x3d, .3ds, .usdz and .ply.

• The Model is scaled according to the metric system. NOTE: If you use 3D Builder to print the model, in File Units put in M.

• The size of the model TEASER, 14cm (140mm) x 2,9cm (29mm) x 5cm (50mm). Scale: 1/172. - Balloon 3,8cm (38mm) diameter x 8cm (80mm) height.

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Created in Blender 2.80.

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Mesh:

Verts - 2177

Faces - 2422

Tris - 4362

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HISTORICAL NOTE: CSS Teaser had been the aging Georgetown, D.C. tugboat York River until the beginning of the American Civil War, when she was taken into the Confederate States Navy and took part in the famous Battle of Hampton Roads. Later, she was captured by the United States Navy and became the first USS Teaser.

Teaser was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Purchased at Richmond, Virginia by the State of Virginia in 1861, she was assigned to the naval forces the Virginia State. Upon the secession of Virginia, Teaser became a part of the Confederate States Navy and continued to operate in Virginia waters.

Teaser was a pioneer, serving as a base for an observation gas filled balloon; also became a pioneer minelayer when ordered on June 17, 1862. Was used by the Confederate Naval Submarine Battery Service to plant and service torpedoes (mines) in the James River. When seized by USS Maratanza, Teaser was carrying on board a balloon for aerial reconnaissance of Union positions at City Point and Harrison's Landing.

Specifications:

Name: Teaser;

Commissioned: 1861;

Fate: Captured 4 July 1862;

Displacement: 64 tons;

Length: 24 m (80 ft);

Beam: 5,5 m (18 ft);

Draught: 8.15 m (29 ft 9 in);

Propulsion: Steam engines;

Complement: 25 officers and men;

Armament: 1 × 32-pounder rifled cannon - 1 × 12-pounder rifled cannon.

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