Im new to ships, it seems 1/700 and 1/350 scale are most common. Which scale do you prefer?

Id Start off with 1/700,then this way when your model skills improve move up to the bigger 1/350.

I prefer 1/350 myself but they do take up more room
Have you got a kit in mind?

reguards

karl

It really comes down to a trade-off of space for the ability to do a lot of detailing. You'll find a pretty good selection of PE for 1/700 kits, and my hat is off the the people who work in that scale, but I find that 1/350 provides the ability to do a lot more detailing that I for one would never even consider in a smaller scale. The down side is that you do a battle ship or carrier and it takes up an entire shelf.

NOT that there's anything WRONG with that :-) :-)


Tom

Hello,

Best is what is best for you.Your skills for example ,can you handle 1/700 its pretty small, those guys are artists, I would not even think of trying it.I like 1/350 but size is definitly a consideration.

and another input:
If you want to make it OOB (Out Of the Box) than you could try a 1/700 scale ship.
When you master them, try to add PE - and you'll see that it really improves the looks on those little ships.
You can make a fairly decent ship in 1/350 scale even without PE.
Try before on some cheap models, one 1/700 and one in 1/400 or 1/350 to get the feeling.
While you are working on it, post your doubts/issues here - you'll see you'll get a lot of help!!!!

Hope this helped
Skipper

I like 1/700 scale. They're are more subjects out there and the price is right. With the new Trumpeter kits and the retooling of some of the older kits, you can make a very good model right out of the box. My IJNS Kongo is 1/700 scale using nothing more than Tamiya's armament set. It's all a matter of preference.

Gator hit on a very important consideration, the number of subjects offered. 1/700 certainly gives you more ships to choose from. For example there are darn few Japanese WWII ships that aren't available in 1/700, even if they are older kits. 1/350 you get the Bismarck, Yamato, Iowa Class, and more and more carriers and U.S. Battleships, but precious little else.

For me if size and price were no object it's 1/350 all the way. Unfortunately that's not the case so I get what I can afford, or can trade for, and for the most part that's 1/700 or even 1/600.

Thanks for the reply's, It does seem that 1/700 ships have more variety. Me being a 1/48 prop plane guy, who doesnt like 1/72 scale planes, Im leaning to the 1/350 scale. But Im going to try the 1/700 scale first to get feet wet.

Thanks for your input.