Hello everyone

[jefferyconley038]

Hello everyone,

  I am New to group as was hoping to ask question/advice. I am planing on carving out a North Carolina-class battleship variant out of a block of plywood and was hoping to ask some advice on how large I would need to make the plans to make a 1/350 or1/200 model.

[mtaylor]

[Keith Black]

Jeffery, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. 

[mtaylor]

The only thought I have would be for you to go to the Scratch Area and have a look through the logs from 1901 to the present day.

[Jim Lad]

Hello Jeffrey, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'.

 

John

[Ryland Craze]

Hi Dale and welcome to Model Ship World.

[ccoyle]

Welcome aboard, Jeffery!

 

Ideally, to make a 1/350 or 1/200 scale model you should work form plans in that scale. That way, you can take 1:1 measurements off the plans using a pair of dividers. Do you have plans already? What scale are they drawn in? If you know the plan scale, you can calculate a % enlargement (or reduction) to arrive at the desired scale. A print shop that handles large-size copies (such as blueprints) can probably do the scaling for you and make copies at the desired size.

 

Cheers!

[GrandpaPhil]

Welcome!

[jefferyconley038]

1 hour ago, ccoyle said:

Welcome aboard, Jeffery!

 

Ideally, to make a 1/350 or 1/200 scale model you should work form plans in that scale. That way, you can take 1:1 measurements off the plans using a pair of dividers. Do you have plans already? What scale are they drawn in? If you know the plan scale, you can calculate a % enlargement (or reduction) to arrive at the desired scale. A print shop that handles large-size copies (such as blueprints) can probably do the scaling for you and make copies at the desired size.

 

Cheers!

No sir I do not I am not sure how large the plans would need to be for 1/350 or for 1/200 to do the measurements kinda was hoping somebody knew an could help out 

[Paul Le Wol]

Hi Jeffery, welcome to MSW. I just used an online scale calculator and plugged in 1/200 scale for 728 feet which Wikipedia gave as the length of a North Carolina class battleship. It came up with 43.68”. The width came in at 6.48”. You would have to verify that because I have been known to be wrong before. You can play around with these calculators to see what scale is best for you.

[Wawona59]

Hi Jeff, Welcome to Model Ship World!  Based on the dimensions of the USS North Carolina from Wikipedia a quick calculation results in the following estimated model dimensions: 

 

USS North Carolina
Actual Length    728 ft 9 in (222.12 m)

Model hull length
    1/350 - 8,745 inches / 350 = 24.98 "
    1/200 - 8,745 inches / 200 = 43.725"

Actual Beam    108 ft 4 in (33.02 m)

Model Beam
    1/350 - 1,300 inches / 350 = 3.7"
    1/200 - 1,300 inches / 200 = 6.5"

Actual Draft    32 ft 11.5 in (10.046 m)

Model Draft
    1/350 - 395.5 inches / 350 = 1.13"
    1/200 - 395.5 inches / 200 = 1.98"
 

I'm sure others in the group may have a better way to calculate the model dimensions but this should give you a close approximation of the model size and the plan size needed.

 

Good luck on your project.

 

[SiriusVoyager]

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