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General Ship Modeling
Discuss modeling techniques, experiences, and ship modeling in general.
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maddermaxx
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Posted: Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 07:14 AM UTC
Hi, I am new to this forum and I have always wanted to build a ship. I was wondering what are the lengths of 1:700 1:720ships (in inches) becasue i cannot find any info on it, Thanks!
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Posted: Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 07:47 AM UTC
Welcome to the forums maddermaxx! I don't want to state the obvious or insult your intelligence here at all, but you need to start out with knowing the true (1:1 scale if you like) size of the ship you plan to build. A 700 foot long battleship in 1:700 scale will build into a model that is 1 foot long. Similarly the same ship in 1:350 scale is going to build into a 2 foot long model, and so on.

In addition kit maufacturers' websites will often state how large a completed model will be. Hope that helps
maddermaxx
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Posted: Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 07:53 AM UTC
The manufacturer showes the size of the real ship. only in meters.. i guess i will jsut find out how to convert meters into feet.. thanks!
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Posted: Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 07:56 AM UTC
No problem. 1 meter = 3.28 feet (or just call it 3, close enough for Government work :-) )

Also try this link for conversions
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Posted: Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 08:02 AM UTC
Generally most 700 scale battleships and aircraft carriers run btwn 15 and 18 inches long.
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Posted: Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 10:19 PM UTC
Welcome aboard Maddermaxx!

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