Where would one find appropriate thin wooden strips to represent decks of 1/350 scale kits?
Preferrably the wooden strip would be about 1 mm wide, and as thin as possible, say 0.2mm, which works out to a reasonable 7 cm thickness in scale.
You might be able to find it here
http://www.northeasternscalelumber.com/pdf/NESL_Price_List_2005.pdf
or here
http://www.kapplerusa.com/y2k/kp-main.htm
Don
I have found that most craft stores (like Michael’s) and hobby shops carry a line of wood from Midwest – balsa, basswood, and some other dark woods that I can’t identify. A few years ago I bought a very thin sheet (probably as thin as an index card) of some kind of dark wood from Midwest, in the local Michael’s, and I cut it into plank strips to make a bulkhead for a barge slip. Here is a photo, you can see the planks lining the bulkhead vertically. When you put a clear coat on it, the texture in the wood comes up nice. I also took a black permanent marker and colored the edges of each plank to make each one standout against the one next to it.
I was gonna by mine from Micro Mark. Here’s the page you’d need:
http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?MerchantID=RET01229&Action=Catalog&Type=Department&ID=74
Have a look on either Steelnavy or Modelwarships.com in the new product reviews. Can’t remember which one or the company name (old age and exams catching up!!) but there is a company that makes whole deck sections for ships in 1/350. Had a look at the one for the Revell Emden and it was amazing. Full planking detail and wooden grates for the gun turrets. Hope this helps
Cheers
Mick
Yes, but they seem to only provide wooden decks for 2 WWI era cruisers.
Why not ask if he supplies generic scribed wood with the plank spacing you require?
Dave
Your stuff is way cool! Sorry about forgetting your name but mid year Uni exams have rotted my brain with irrelevant stuff! My Emden is a little way down the build list but I reckon your decking may play an active role. Go Aussie dollar you little beauty!
Cheers
Mick
Dave, your stuff is beautiful… if you ever start doing some of the mass popular kits, you’d be rollin’ in the dough!
A suggestion: try www.bluejacketinc.com and/or www.modelexpo-online.com. Both carry deck scribed planking and individual strips. Bluejacket also carries a built up decking of individual strips with caulking in between each plank.
Hope this helps.