"Scrachbuilt 1/2500 Romulan D'deridex warbird" Topic

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Virtualscratchbuilder	15 Aug 2015 9:58 a.m. PST
Here's a recent scratchbuild: 1/2500 scale Romulan D'deridex warbird. Total length = 21", 756 balsa parts. Enjoy!
Virtualscratchbuilder	15 Aug 2015 10:01 a.m. PST
I kin spel. Reely.
Mako11	15 Aug 2015 10:38 a.m. PST
Wow, pretty amazing! A bit bigger than 1/2500th scale I suspect. More like 1/250th?
Virtualscratchbuilder	15 Aug 2015 11:04 a.m. PST
No, 1/2500. 1/2500 is a popular modelling scale, though large to game in. The DDD is variously reported as 1250 – 1365 meters in length. Using the larger measurement, (1365*39)/2500 = ~21 inches. It is a huge ship in any scale. By comparison, CV-65 Enterprise is/was ~328 meters long, or ~5" in the same scale.
miscmini	15 Aug 2015 11:50 a.m. PST
Beautiful!
Mako11	15 Aug 2015 12:33 p.m. PST
Hmmmm, I thought my little ones were 1/2500th. Didn't realize that ship is so big.
Virtualscratchbuilder	15 Aug 2015 12:43 p.m. PST
If you mean the ADB Starline 2500 ships, those are 1/3788, which is considerably smaller. If you mean the Mongoose ships, those are 1/3125. Here is an old discussion: TMP link
Dan 055	15 Aug 2015 1:04 p.m. PST
Just how big IS your wargame table?
BlackWidowPilot	15 Aug 2015 1:15 p.m. PST
"I kin spel. Reely." You is a college grad-u-ate! And you can cut some mean balsa while you're at it… Leland R. Erickson Metal Express metal-express.net
TheBeast	15 Aug 2015 7:22 p.m. PST
What are you talking about? Isn't 'Scrach' German for something like 'talent only in your dreams, bi-otch?' Leland, you warned me, but that… Doug
BlackWidowPilot	15 Aug 2015 8:45 p.m. PST
Doug, run. Now. Leland R. Erickson Metal Express metal-express.net
Allen57	15 Aug 2015 9:12 p.m. PST
That is not fleet scale. WOW!!!
Virtualscratchbuilder	16 Aug 2015 7:04 p.m. PST
Even for patio gaming. Not to mention stands….
Virtualscratchbuilder	16 Aug 2015 7:10 p.m. PST
These are fleet scale…
TheBeast	17 Aug 2015 6:28 a.m. PST
Even for patio gaming. Not to mention stands… About right for park gaming, though. Have the park, have the dowels and lawn sprinkler spikes, have the de-gripped water-pistols-as-ships. Now, if I could just get the gumption… As for the last post…? Show off. ;->= Doug