Have been building WWII planes for a few years. Want to do a WWII carrier. What is the scale I want and is there any detail at all on the planes included? Can you give me a kit suggestion? I like Pacific theatre and corsairs, probably late war to get the corsairs back from the marines.
If you’ve got the money, get the Trumpeter Hornet or Essex. You won’t be disappointed. If not, try the Tamiya 1/700 Essex or Ticonderoga. Smaller but still nice detail.
go through ebay you can pick up a 350 scale Essex for around $80 there. I know some of the late war editions of the Essex class are coming out and they’ll have corsairs on them, but get the chaepest one and as they all have small airwings the money you save you could buy the corsairs that Trumpeter is releasing
Whether you go to the hobby shop or on-line to find your carrier, I must respectfully make a correction to one of your responders company choices for 1/700 scale Essex class carriers. The Tamiya model company does not have an Essex class carrier in their product line. The 1/700 scale version is made by Hasegawa.
Robert Fair,
You’re absolutely right. My apologies. Hasegawa does make them.
(If I was building like I’m supposed to be, instead of typing, I’d have probably noticed that) [:I]
OK, my stupidity. I am use to 1:48 or 1:72 in WWII planes. What is the normal scale for ships and what is an average length of say a carrier? This way, I can put it on a shelf of course.
There are many scales, but 1/700 and 1/350 are the standard scales…
A 1/700 Essex will measure in about 15 inches in length, while a 1/350 measures in at 30 inches in length.
You can fit alot of 1/700 ships in the same space as a 1/350…
Jeff Herne
Modelwarships.com
Yea, but a well done 1/350 looks AWESOME!!!
Oh, I know… I gave up on 1/700 a long time ago… after the eyes starting going, the mind went, and besides, the Hasegawa 1/700 Essex is full of problems.
Regards,
Jeff Herne
Modelwarships.com
I hope this is not off subject. There use to be sections of flight deck in “aircraft” scale, 1/72, 1/48, maybe even 1/32. I had at one time a example of the embossed and printed cardboard type. There is or was some examples in resin, what scale/s I do not recall. If you are looking to display your aircraft on a “deck” this is the way to go. An Essex class in 1/48, which you can see at the Naval Aviation Museumn at Pensacola FL, would have a flight deck in excess of 17 feet in length. Hope this helps.