All Iron Shipwrights 1/350 Scale Model Kits Come with a Full Resin Hull, Pieces, Instructions, and Photoetch Parts for Ultimate Historical Accuracy.
Overview
The Iron Shipwrights 1:350 USS Monterey kit is a finely detailed resin and photoetch model of the late‑19th century U.S. Navy monitor. Produced with historical accuracy in mind, this kit recreates the modernized monitor design of the era and is ideal for advanced modellers and collectors.
What’s Included
- Full resin hull and resin parts
- Photoetched detail parts
- Complete printed instructions
- Decals for all the ships in the class
- Excellent customer support with free replacement parts — no questions asked
Important Notes
- If the product photo shows a finished model, your kit will arrive brand new and unassembled.
- Model kit does NOT include a display stand.
Historical Background
In the decades after the U.S. Civil War the U.S. Navy declined and then slowly rebuilt. During the 1870s–1890s a group of monitors and armored vessels were constructed in fits and starts as limited funds allowed. The Amphitrite class and the larger Puritan were products of this era, and out of that transition came the scaled‑down but modernized monitor USS Monterey.
Completed at Union Iron Works in 1893, Monterey carried two 12 guns in the forward turret and two 10 guns aft. She served with the Asiatic Squadron during the Spanish–American War, voyaged to the Philippines (partly towed by the collier Brutus), and later served as a station ship at Pearl Harbor until sold in 1921.
Monterey was built as a coastal-monitor intended for harbor and littoral defense. Throughout her career she primarily performed coastal defense, station, and training duties rather than major fleet combat — a typical service profile for monitors of the period as naval tactics and ship design evolved.
This 1/350 resin kit recreates that distinctive, compact coastal‑monitor silhouette in miniature for modelers seeking historical fidelity.
Scale, Detail & Model Size
- Scale: 1:350
- High‑fidelity resin components and precision photoetch details for superior realism
- Approximate model length: ~8.7 inches (≈22.1 cm) at 1:350 scale — based on a typical full‑size coastal monitor overall length of about 255 ft. Provide the full‑size ship’s listed overall length for a more exact conversion if required.
Recommended Books
No specific book recommendations are included. If you’d like suggestions for reference works on late‑19th century U.S. Navy monitors, contact our support and we’ll gladly recommend sources.
Customer Support: Complete instructions are included and our support team is available to assist you. We provide free replacement parts as required.
