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Fellas, I need a quick history lesson: Was there something different about the way Zouaves were equipped or organized, or the way that they fought? Or was it just uniform? I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to ACW and I'm not sure what the difference between Zouavs and "regular" infantry is other than the cool uniforms!
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In the mid-nineteenth century, everything French was quite trendy. American Zouave uniforms were patterned on French North Moroccan Zouave units, except American Zouaves tended to vary a lot from the traditional pattern, as well as traditional. As far as I know, the regular army didn’t use the uniform, it was only used by volunteer regiments. Some of the coolest looking were the 114th Pennsylvania, the 5th New York ‘Duryees Zouaves’, and the 23rd Pennsylvania. Oh, and the 11th New York ‘Fire Zouaves’. The Confederates had maybe a handful of Zouave regiments at the start of the war, by far the most well known was the Louisiana Tigers.

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Thanks for the info Bill! I learned something new today! Very interesting!
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If I remember right, I don’t even think the Confederates had full regiments of Zouaves.
Due to the complexity of the uniforms and supply issues, late in the war Zouave uniforms tended to get replaced with standard uniforms, but there were still some regiments at the end of the war. A good example is the 73rd Pennsylvania, most of their uniforms were ruined on The Peninsula, and were replaced with regular uniforms, but by Gettysburg, there were still a few companies with Zouave uniforms.

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And a GC-4 Waco...
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The invasion stripes are 1/300th decals Dan rescaled from his 1/600th. Painting them would make completing the model probably twice as long and ten times as frustrating, so FDD strikes again with a dose of joy!!

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Excellent work on the WACO glider, Bill! Those invasion stripes really make the model stand out in addition to your excellent painting skills. It is nice to know there is a place to go when I need to get some invasion stripes for my Allied aircraft when the time comes.

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Thanks for the kind words Pete! As with all his decals, they go down great. They are large, and pretty soft, so when you get around to using them, make sure you do good surface prep, and be patient, otherwise there’s a good chance of tearing them. I’m sure I’m not telling you anything you don’t know already, lol.

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Spectacular Bill! Well done!
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Thanks a lot Red!!

And the L'Audacieux....
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I weathered this one a little heavier than usual. It had a colorful career, briefly, it was sunk twice and refloated twice.

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As always Bill, your work is top shelf!

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Thanks a lot Dan.

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That's a great looking ship Bill! Just wondering - do you have a ship collection for gaming yourself, or do most of your ships find their way to the museum?
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Well, I have some ships I keep at home, but most go to the museum. But, the ships at the museum are my collection and I can take them any time I want too, so yeah, they are my gaming collection. I rotate stuff out from time to time. The ships I actually paint for the museum, they reimburse me the cost when I finish them, then they are no longer mine. I’m thinking about donating all of the Midway ships to them and starting over, they are starting to get a lot of wear on them, and I feel like I could remake a better collection.

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I love the Glider, really nice. Nice creation.
I like the DD.
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Thanks a lot Chris. I don’t really have a need for the glider as a game piece, I just wanted to use FDDs decals, and I’m working on some airborne troops at the museum, so I figured it would look cool sitting with them.

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