Modeling ships and trying to work out the different scales used

[Leading Observer]

Didn't someone do a model of a WW2 Corvette in1/72nd scale? If I  recall the box was huge

[martinbayer]

Didn't someone do a model of a WW2 Corvette in1/72nd scale? If I  recall the box was huge

The Flower Class one by Matchbox, now Revell.

Martin

[PR19_Kit]

... and it's STILL huge! 

I saw a guy struggling out of the hall with one he'd just bought at the Brum Show. That kit is a favourite for people doing their first scale R/C warship, there's loads of third party add-ons available for it.

[Librarian]

This is by John Read, from one of my Dad's Railway magazines:

Overlord





Size is OO or HO which I think roughly equates to 1/72. Phenomenal.

[Librarian]

Sorry....John Mead .

[PR19_Kit]

The larger ship nearest the camera in the 2nd shot IS the Revell 'Snowberry', ex-Matchbox Flower Class corvette. You can see how big it is!

[McColm]

Wow !
That's what I had in mind . A jetty leading down to a Sunderland , the Airfix RAF rescue launch and Lifeboat. Warehouses and a gantry crane .Station halt, and a upper level for background scenery .My pasting table beefed up to take the extra weight .

[Librarian]

Not a Sunderland but inspiring, I hope. Good Luck .

[McColm]

Very impressive .

[Joe C-P]

www.micromark.com sells tools and supplies for ship model builders, and a few ship kits as well in large scales.

JoeP

[famvburg]

Back in the mid - late '80s, some outfit made a 1/72 carrier, might have been the Nimitz. The fiberglass hull was in 3 sections and the builder used plywood to make the deck. I think there was a separate kit for the island. Combat models makes a few vac ships in 1/72 as well as a few subs. And don't forget the several 1/72 injected subs available. ISTR Lindberg made/makes a few ships/boats in or near 1/72.

[strilekawk]

Back in the mid - late '80s, some outfit made a 1/72 carrier, might have been the Nimitz. The fiberglass hull was in 3 sections and the builder used plywood to make the deck. I think there was a separate kit for the island. Combat models makes a few vac ships in 1/72 as well as a few subs. And don't forget the several 1/72 injected subs available. ISTR Lindberg made/makes a few ships/boats in or near 1/72.

I remember that kit, in fact I saw one being transported on a boat trailer one weekend in Los Angeles. Guy had it rigged for RC and used a trolling motor for power. He told me the hardest part of sailing it was getting the air wing models , about sixty at the time, on the flight deck so she looked good. I wish I had both the room and money back then, I would have made a waterline display of her in port.