Internet Hobbies has one of the largest selections of plastic model ships available on the Internet.
We have ships in all of the popular scales from 1/700 to 1/72 and stock plastic model ships in full hull or waterline versions. All, we might add, at great discount prices that have made us one of the largest plastic model ship merchants in the world.
POPULAR SHIP MODEL SCALES
1:350 Scale is the most popular display scale. 1:350 translates to 1 Foot equals 350 Feet. A ship that is 700' long would be a 24" long model. Most of these ship models are of full hull construction. That means you get the parts to complete the model as if it were out of the water. Most models come with a display stand.
1:700 Scale, the collector's scale, offers the modeler hundreds of different model ship kits to choose from. This scale was created by a consortium of four major Japanese kit manufacturers (Tamiya, Hasegawa, Aoshima and Fujimi) in the 1970s. Over the years, several other manufacturers such as Dragon, Sky Wave and Trumpeter have added products in this prolific scale. This smaller scale translates to 1 Foot equals 700 Feet. Based on the example above, a 700' long ship would be a 12" model. Most of these ship models are of waterline construction. You get all of the parts that would appear above the waterline. They are designed to be placed on a flat surface and do not come with display stands.
1:400 Scale is the standard model ship scale in Europe. It has recently been surpassed by 1:350 with the many new ships available from Tamiya and Trumpeter.
Other Scales are usually referred to as "FTB" (fit the box). These are the popular Revell and Revell-Germany models.
