Ahoy mates. I'm wanting to build a 1/700 shipyard slip to use as a background for wip photos. How tall should I make the dock for a waterline model?

Kenny

Kenny,
Not sure I quite understand your question. Are you saying that your ship will be in the water, next to a dock or sitting in a drydock?
If it is next to a dock, depends on the tide and if it's in a drydock/slipway, going to look mighty funny without the bottom half of the hull.

Hey Kym. Here's what I'm wanting to do.

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/i00000/i00748k.jpg

I figure the dock needs to be about a 1/4" tall from the water to the top of the dock. I'm going to use it as a photo backdrop when I take "in progress" photos of my models.

I want to put a 1/700 scale crane on the dock and scribe in some rail lines.

Hi Kenny,

Tide in or out?

:-) :-) :-)

Al

http://www.hlj.com/product/TAM31510 Cranes

http://www.hlj.com/product/TAM31509 Tugs

You could find these around you...

And then there's:
http://battlefleetmodels.com/id10.html Big and Small Tugs (US)

http://battlefleetmodels.com/id26.htmlTug and Barge

http://battlefleetmodels.com/id4.html Dock Section

Or check for the full Battlefleet models 1/700 items:
http://battlefleetmodels.com/id2.html

Hope this helps Kenny

Skipper

........... and don't forget the Loose Cannon range
http://home.earthlink.net/~loosecannonproductions/index-dock.html

Thanks guys. I'll have some photos tomorrow.

Kenny