| Johnny Boy | 10 Mar 2017 5:59 a.m. PST |
I am looking for a supplier of 1:600 scale merchant ship models.
Detail is not that important, as is the type but a mix would be nice. John |
 Virtualscratchbuilder   | 10 Mar 2017 6:37 a.m. PST |
Nothing on the market that I know of, WWII or otherwise, plastic pewter or resin, and my eyes are always open. I generally make my own for any era.
TMP link
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| Mako11 | 10 Mar 2017 6:48 a.m. PST |
PT Dockyard sells a few. Skytrex, now sold thru H&R also has some. Scratch-building is the cheapest, and probably quickest option. There's a 1/600th scale LST too, but they're hard to find, and OOP. |
| Virtualscratchbuilder | 10 Mar 2017 6:54 a.m. PST |
Mako, you are correct – thanks for that. I totally forgot about H&R and PT Dockyard, and I even posted on a thread about H&R back in May 15. Sorry John. TMP link |
| Virtualscratchbuilder | 10 Mar 2017 7:25 a.m. PST |
H&R….Aaaargh! No pictures, no shipping info on their website. |
| boy wundyr x | 10 Mar 2017 7:44 a.m. PST |
One is available from Microform Models, an architectural model supply company. Under their scale system, 1:50" is the range for 1/600 in our speak. link Shapeways probably has some too. |
| Mako11 | 10 Mar 2017 8:25 a.m. PST |
I almost did as well. Shipping from H&R is expensive, IIRC, unless they've changed. Used to run 40% of the purchase price. |
| Johnny Boy | 10 Mar 2017 8:30 a.m. PST |
Thanks guys. H&R look like the best bet for off the shelf miniatures. Mako11:
I would try to scratch build but have serious time limitations so I am afraid that route is a no go. John |
| Virtualscratchbuilder | 10 Mar 2017 8:37 a.m. PST |
Shipping from H&R is expensive, IIRC, unless they've changed. Used to run 40% of the purchase price. Ack! Click! Close Browser! Switch thought process to Aztecs or something! |
| Allen57 | 10 Mar 2017 12:02 p.m. PST |
Merships are pretty easy. Scratchbuild them. Start with an image like this.
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| KSmyth | 10 Mar 2017 10:30 p.m. PST |
The PT Dockyard merchant ships are fairly small. David mostly has stuck to coastal merchants suitable to small ship action. He does have a 1,200 ton merchant. He keeps shipping very cheap. link |
| ptdockyard | 14 Mar 2017 1:34 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the plug! My 1200 ton is about 5-6" link Near term plans are to do a British collier in the next few months after reading a book on coastal convoys.
If you are looking for big, try some of the 1/700 Japanese merchants by Hasegawa, Tamiya, Aoshima, etc.
Dave G.
The PT Dockyard
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