I love Magnus Morck's models. You can build all seven right from the printer with out too much trouble. They really got me into paper model building and design. However, if a guy has any knowledge of photo shop or Gimp, you can actually make at least 29 models with out too much trouble. I will break it down for you.
The USS Maple Leaf, and the USS Coeur de Lion seem to be unique ships. Great models and well worth the build as they are. And his Teazer blockade runner may be usable as a base for other blockade runners, but I do not have enough knowledge to know that for sure. Magnus's other models however, have sister ships!
The USS Mendota and the USS Miami are often confused with one another in period photographs. As such, Magnus's Mendota model is an easy kit to give a make over too. There may be other ships in this "class" that like wise can use few details added/changed to enter service in the paper navy!
The kit of the CSS Albemarle is a great kit. When you are done building it you can fire up Gimp or other photo editing program and make another model, that of the CSS Neuse. Simply recolor the Albemarle's armored deck to look like pine wood and add some extra gun ports. Maybe recolor the armor just to add change. And you have another addition to the CSN.
The one that may keep you buisy the longest, however is the USS Lehigh. This monitor had nine sister ships, eight of them having the same beam and length. The USS Patapsco seems to have been 47 feet longer then the others, but the USS Passaic, USS Montauk, USS Nahant, USS Weehawken, USS Sangamon, USS Catskill, USS Nantucket, and USS Camanche are all the same length and beam and seem to have the same layout at the Lehigh. Some changes, such as color, the removal of the "bullet shield, and placement of ship launches are in order, but all should be build-able. And if you get done with all those, Russia made 10 Uragan class monitors, identical to the Lehigh! Some addition research may be needed as to individual details on the Czars new ironclads, but you will not run out of Civil War ships to build too soon!
And finally you have the USS Commodore Perry. Looking at the lay out and length and beam, I think you can make the USS Commodore Hull, and the USS Commodore Barney. Their may be others in the converted ferry boat class that the Hull would work for as a base, but may need much more "adjusting" such as noticeable length and beam differences or big changes in layouts.
Well, by my count that is 29 models from Magnus's original 7. You can get the base models from our friend Fish Bait's model site, Models n' Moore here:
Free paper models by Magnus MörckEnjoy!:)
