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  1. Hi, That'simpressive looking (so far ). Can't wait to see more
  2. Hi, Yout picturs and build look really nice. That poor tank looks like its had a rough time in service. 😬
  3. Hi, Something to consider when talking about container ship capacity is that it is often typically statd in terms of 20 ft Equivalent Units (TEUs), eventhough a large percentage (though not all) of the containers shown onboard, in the OPs original images) are 40ft Equivalent Units (FEUs), where 1 FEU is considered equal to 2 TEUs. For instance, as highlighted in the marked up image below, the FEU container stacks are ID'd in Red, and the TEU stacks are ID'd in green.
  4. Hi, Your photos look great. Can't wait to see kore of your build.
  5. Hi, In addition to the above, similar to Heller and their 1/400 offerings, a long time ago FROG released some shipmodels in 1/500 scale. In general, as others have noted a good scale for builds will probably come down to what you want to build, as while 1/700 may be very suitable for larger vessels,smaller ships like corvette, frigate and even some destroyer kits can be kind of small overall at that scale. One way of looking at things is that at 1/72 scale many torpedo boats and similarly sized craft scale out to kits about 1 to 1.5 ft in length specifically, an ELCO Torpedo Boat would notionally be about 80/72 = 1.11ft, while a Vosper MTB would notionally be about 73/72 = 1.01ft,and a German E Boat would be about 114.6/72 = 1.59ft at 1/144 scale ships like mine sweepers may scale out to about maybe 1 to 1.25ft in length specifically a WWII minesweeper like the Bangor Class would be about 162/144 = 1.125ft at 1/350 scale many WWII destroyers can scale out to about a foot (plus or minus a an inch or two) specifically a WWII era A Class Destroyer would be about 323/350 = 0.92 ft, while a Tribal class would be about 377/350 = 1.08ft, and a Fletcher Class would be about 376.5/350 = 1.08ft at 1/700 scale a battleship can scaleout to about a foot (plus or minus a few inches) specifically, the KGV class ships would be about 745/700 = 1.06ft, the Richelieu class would be about 813/700 = 1.16ft, the Iowa Class would be about 887.25/700 = 1.27ft, and the Bismarck Class would be about 792.67/700 = 1.13ft As such I tend to kind of pick a scale that seems best suited for the ship size I hope to build, though for some intermediate sized ships like WWII Corvettes, Frigates and other Escorts its not always easy to find a good size and alot of the time you kind of just have to go with what ever scale that there are kits available. specifically, a Flower Class Corvette at 205ft overall would only be 205/350 = 0.59ft in 1/350 scale but 205/144 = 1.42ft in 1/144 scale (or 2.85ft in 1/72 scale) similarly a Hunt Class Destroyer Escort would scale out to 278/350 = 0.79ft in 1/350, scale, an Evarts Class Destroyer would scale out to 289.5/350 = 0.83ft in 1/350 scale, and a River Class Frigate would scale out to 301.25/350 = 0.86ft in 1/350 scale
  6. Hi, Your build is looking great so far (especially the rivets). Pat
  7. Hi, I like your build. The 7TP was an interesting early war tank. Pat
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