Warship models very in scale from the micro 1/2400 scale up thru 1/72 scale. Thats a wide selection! Why do we choose the scales we do?
I build in all scale from 1/700 thru 1/350, with 1/700 being my most popular. I have built 75 warships in 1/700 scale. Reasons being that they offer the largest selection of kits, and they are the most affordable and take up less room. If I had a choice, I would build all ships in 1/350, I love um! But realy in injected plastic there are only a few kits out there, and most companies duplicate each other on there subjects. So in 1/350 that only leaves about 15 kits. We need more Trumpeter and Panda!
!/400 scale is popular in europe, and I have built most of the kits availabe, which by the way is a wider selection then 1/350 offers at this date. Heller, Taurro Mazur all offer good kits.
So for me, selection and display space steers me to the 1/700 scale ship kits, though at this time I am building in the 1/350 scale, and have Tamiya's IJN Yamoto about 75 % complete. I build all navy's in the WW-2 era so 1/700 is my choice!
So what scale(s) does everybody build in ?

Cheers mates,
Garry

1/48 or 32nd aircraft
35 th vehicles
because I'm old and can't see 72nd.

As someone just getting into ship building I have gone for 1/700. The reasons being they are affordable, don't take up a lot of space when finished, and there is a larger selection of different kits. I would love to go for a 1/350 kit but they are out of my price range right now.
However if Santa is reading this.............. (:-)

This is a loaded question. What do I BUILD in? 1/350. That's because so far I've only built the 1/350 Banner USS Arizona. What scale would I LIKE to build in? Like you I'd LIKE to build in nothing but 1/350 but money and room are in short supply. I'm really thinking about trying a 1/700 just to see if I can get any decent detail out of it. I plan on buying the old 1/600 HMS Warspite because it's the only game in town when it comes to the Warpsite.

I build 1/35 scale armor, and 1/72 & 1/48 scale aircraft. When it comes to shipbuilding, which I am just getting into, 1/700 has been my choice, for reasons of space, cost, and diversity of subject matter. The 1/350 kits are great, but costly, and where do you put them when finished? I love the look of the 1/35 Leopolds, but haven’t purchased one, for the same reasons. I think I would need to put an addition on my house if I really got into those larger scaled kits.

Mike

well halfyank i have the airfix warspite you should plan on buying some pe for it as its an older kit its probabley been banged around a bit the 6 inch guns are very fragile.mine took a beating from my wife.

Hi there mlb63!

I just bought a Warspite on eBay for my first ship kit. What PE does it 'need'. Do you have any tips on building the kit?

Thanks
Andy

i lnow that white ensign models has pe especially for airfix 1/600 i'm not sure about any others.cheers

1/350 and 1/700 modern ships

1/35 modern armor

1/72, 1/48, 1/32 and 1/35 Aircraft....mostly modern...but have a few WWII birds

1/24, 1/25, 1/16 Autos

as well as dable in Sci Fi...mostly Star Trek....whatever scale

The name of this website IS ARMORama, how ever I am sure you were asking what ship scale do I build. A long time ago I built up a huge collection of 1:700. I moved them around 4-5 times....successfully I might add but then came the big move from Alabama to Texas so I gave them away. I did keep my 350 scale Yamato which I carried on the back window ledge of my car. She is still with me, in fact recently I went back and added a little PE to her. I have added a Tirpitz, Missouri, Arizonz, and Essex. I have on the blocks a Hornet and Enterprise to go. Yes Sir...that 350 scale is the way to go...I'll make the room for those beauties

I started in the 1/350 scale when I was a kid when there was only tamiya kits, I saw a scale ships magazine when I was young that had the USS Enterprise and the New Jersey I was so impressed that I got one for christmas that year and me and my dad built it and been a ship lover ever since.

I use to build in what ever scale I could find. Now I am trying to standardize with 1/350 and 1/700 for modern warships. I have 1/350 kits of the USS Arizone and Tennessee. In 1/700 all I have now is the USS Nashville, an Austin Class LPD. In civil war ironclads I am building 1/196, as that is about it, if you want any detail.