I’ve just begun to build the USS New Jersey and wanted to make a diorama during heavy seas. This will be my first for the naval dioramas although I’ve completed 2 action scene for aircraft in 1/48 scale. My problem is that the model is from China and it’s a 30cm scale. Can anyone help me determine the correct American scale so that I can get PE accessories for it.?
Boy, I have no idea of a scale of 30. That is not the way scales are written- they are fractions. But- 30 cm is about one foot. Are you sure that is not the length of model rather than the scale? To determine the scale, measure the length of the hull from the kit. Then, look up the length of the NJ. Divide that length by the length of the kit hull. Usually the length quoted in statistics is the waterline length, but using overall length on that class of battleship will get you pretty close.
I just looked up length of NJ- it is 887. If that kit hull is one foot, than your scale is around 1:900- probably between 1:850 and 1:900.
is 1/901.446 or just 1/900 scale
Thanks. I’ll follow up with that. I did find that the 30cm models belong to the “mini models” out of China.
30 cm scale is a box scale designation for several manufacturers out of China. 30 cm is not a scale, it is the size of the model Your math to calculate the approximate scale is good. Trouble is there are few, if any, PE sets for such an odd-ball scale
More importantly, is it worth the effort? If it’s the Kitech kit, it’s not at all close to the actual ship.
I don’t mean to be a grouse, but to my way of thinking, if I spend $ 40 on a kit, $ 50 on PE, $ 20 on paint and $ 30 on diorama materials, plus 100 hours of my time which is probably worth thousands, it’s REALLY worth getting a good kit to begin with.
It is offered in various degrees of exquisiteness in 1/700 (38 cm long model) by the likes of Fujimi, Tamiya or Trumpeter, and for which there is no doubt more brass available than on the range at Fort Benning.
Just my two bits
Here is finescale advertiser with a nice selection of Iowa class BB.
www.totalnavy.com/american_battleships.html
THe scale with the highest availability of aftermarket photoetch and replacement parts is 1/700.
I know places to look and I could find nothing in 1/900.
1/750
Down cut a 1/700 scale Pe to use.
I also love ship modeling…