All right ye salty dogs, I'm a flyboy with a predicament for ye. What is the normal scale for ships (example: aircraft 1/48)?

Oh and while I'm at it, my Grandfather served on the USS Tuscan during WW II, does anyone know of a model of the Tuscon or a cruiser of the same class?

Thanks Spot

Welcome over to the floaty side Ian. Two answers to your questions. There is no "normal" scale for ships. It really depends on your space constraints, cost, eyesight, etc. 1/350 and 1/700 are probably the two most popular ones, with 1/600 being a close third. I assume you mean USS Tuscan, an Atlanta class CLAA named after the 2nd largerst city in Arizona? There is a kit of the USS Juneau, a sister of the Tuscan, in 1/350 in Resin, but it's over $150 normally. There is a 1/700 DML kit USS Oakland that is apparently a reboxed Matchbox kit of the San Diego. They're all, Tuscan, Oakland, San Diego, etc, are sisters of the Atlanta so any Atlanta class cruiser should work. Here is one link to the Matchbox kit. http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/ships/cl/cl-53/700-mb/sandiego.html

Sorry for the spelling mistake, I guess I'll just have to make one similar to the Tuscan for my Grandfather.

Thanks for the help Spot

Hey guys, are ya'll looking for this ship?

USS TUCSON (CL/CLAA-98)

Hey Ian, go to NavSource for some reference pics.

subhunter

Ack, the mind goes first. Here I corrected the spelling with the wrong spelling. My bad.

I would have to ay in terms of popularity it would have to be 1 / 700. I think there is perhaps 5 times more different kits offered in plastic there. 350 is certainly very popular, but a very large portion of kits available are expensive limited production resin. 400 and 600 scale is eadily found in European model companies and they definitly have some very interesting subjects.

Hi Ian

Welcome to Warships
I also would like to add that the "strangest" model scales feature warships... 1/207, 17/522 and so on (also known as box scale from Revell back in the 1950's and 60's - and someof them still being reissued today).
1/144 and 1/72 have also started to have some interesting naval subjects, although of smaller vessels.

1/700 would be the winner for the amount of different ships, periods and makers

Skipper

The Dragon San Diego is the much better one first produced by Skywave.

http://www.quuxuum.org/rajens_list/shiprevs.html#DMLAtlanta

When Skywave went out of business, their moulds were distributed between Tamiya (O Class, Bogue, Z Class, Gato) and Dragon (like the San Diego)

Hey Kenny, I can't seem to access the site. I do have a photo of the ship in dock with its entire crew in front on the dock. Unfortunately my Grandfather was on leave the day the photo was taken , but he still got a photo. Everybody makes mistakes Roger, no biggy. One question though, does anyone have a picture of a 1/700 ship that they could show?

Thanks Spot

Hey Ian, (that was weird, my son's name is Ian)

Let's try this again.

NavSource

Kenny

Thanks for the photos Ken, they'll help when I build a replica.

Spot