by Maarten Sch�nfeld » Thu Apr 12, 2012 3:47 pm
Hi krgf15,
You must be right, 1:144 seems to be a pretty good scale when you're fully into submarines, only the really large SSBMs like the Ohio or the Typhoon will be too large though, and they're not available either.
However, for people also interested in comparison with surface ships (like me) 1:350 becomes an increasingly interesting scale, but admittedly most subs will be the smaller models then. I've made my masters (and hence an eveantual kit) in that scale, and will not do it in 1:144 once more.
Anyway, I found that research was the bigger problem to solve with these obscure types, but as I cracked the nut now building the subs from scratch is appearing rather simple. I would therefore happily cooperate with anybody wanting to do a similar scratchbuild project in 1:144, sharing all the info I have gathered. I'm even considering drawing up some rather accurate plans of these types, compiling all the snippets of info I have gathered so far.
Hi krgf15,
You must be right, 1:144 seems to be a pretty good scale when you're fully into submarines, only the really large SSBMs like the Ohio or the Typhoon will be too large though, and they're not available either.
However, for people also interested in comparison with surface ships (like me) 1:350 becomes an increasingly interesting scale, but admittedly most subs will be the smaller models then. I've made my masters (and hence an eveantual kit) in that scale, and will not do it in 1:144 once more.
Anyway, I found that research was the bigger problem to solve with these obscure types, but as I cracked the nut now building the subs from scratch is appearing rather simple. I would therefore happily cooperate with anybody wanting to do a similar scratchbuild project in 1:144, sharing all the info I have gathered. I'm even considering drawing up some rather accurate plans of these types, compiling all the snippets of info I have gathered so far.