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19th c. 1:96 waterlined lower hull re-scaled as a 1:56 boat?

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  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Lacombe, LA.
Posted by Big Jake on Monday, September 6, 2010 1:31 PM

My son fools with small pewter figures with the war game stuff, Byr jeez a 1/96th or 1/56 ship model is kinda big.  Must be playing on a football field ;).

 

 

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    February 2007
19th c. 1:96 waterlined lower hull re-scaled as a 1:56 boat?
Posted by vonBerlichingen on Monday, September 6, 2010 11:49 AM

Hi, all. I am thinking of converting a Revell Bounty or 'Beagle' into a waterlined transport for gaming purposes - the scale should be close enough to the gamers' "15mm" (variably between around 1:100 and 1:120).

However, I am wondering if what is left of the hull might then be waterlined again, and used as the basis of a ship's boat in a different scale, say 1:56 or so? Would the 1:96 (?) hull planking be too small for a 1:56 boat's planking? Would the shape (including no square transom) be completely wrong? That being said , I suppose that the hull could be cut off at the stern, too, and a scratch-built transom added.

Thanks!

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