1/350 scale wood decks

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I would like to know if anyone makes wood decks for any of the ships below in 1/350 scale .

Titanic
Bismark
New Jersey (1980s fit)
Yamato
Fletcher

I have seen the wood Hornet deck , are there plans for more ?
Could anyone make a decal set that looks like the wood deck planks in that scale to fit the kits ?

Thanks Eric

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goliath scorpion,

The Fletcher’s all had steel decks as far as I can tell from my research. They did how ever have alot of the anti-skid surfaces. I would also be interested to know if there are any wood deck out their also.

Mike

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Nautilus models has been working up the wood decks. I remember one his postings which indicated that he had started a deck for the Tamiya Missouri working from plans before realizing how far off the kit was from them. Last I heard he was starting over using the outline of the kit decks vs the official plans.

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On the steel decks I’ve used 600/800/1200 grit paper to do anti-slip surface. Can you get this to work?

Jake

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James Corley (Nautilus) has indicated that he will be doing additional subjects in laser cut wood, but at this point, I don’t know what those would be. I do recall something being mentioned about the Tamiya 350th kits, but I could be mistaken.

As for Fletchers, their decks were all steel. As indicated, they had anti-skid on them, but in 1.350 scale, I would recommend trying to get your hands on some of the Dunagain decals cut specifically for this kit. They have both types of anti-skid, the long strips found on the early ships, and the smaller rectangular sections found on most ships after mid-43.

Jeff

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Thanks for the updates [:)]

If any one knows some one that could do a decal sheet that looks like 1/350 scale wood email me at goliath_scorpion2112@yahoo.com

Thanks Eric

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Check in the model railroad section of your hobby shop, I remember that Micro-Scale did decals of wood grain for signs and things like that, they were an entire sheet of wood grain.

Jeff