Ship model sizes

There a great many kits/semikits available in the larger scales for all types of ships.
I have a 1/72 Corvette a 1/48 Freighter and a 1/32 Thames Barge all radio controled.
A friend of mine has even more models in mainly 148 and 1/50 scale both kits and scratch built including a Gato class sub.
There is a club in Australia, Taskforce 72, who build to a constant 1/72 scale and one of the members produces hulls and semi kits. The club may be contacted at hq@taskforce72.com
If you want mor info on larger scale model ships I suggest you purchase a copy of Model Boats or Marine Modeler Monthly. Both British magazines.
Dai

In my opinion, anything can be made R/C. I have seen the 1/350 Tamiya kits built as R/C ships, and I have seen a 1/700 scale Iowa built as R/C.
http://groups.msn.com/ModelersAndHobbyForum/portlandregatta1.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=84

1/72 and 1/700 come together on the pond
http://groups.msn.com/ModelersAndHobbyForum/portlandregatta1.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=88

With todays (and tomorrows) technology, All it takes is a solid goal to make model move. The biggest model kit available is the Lindberg Blue Devil. It was actually my first r/c boat.
This is not the most accurate or best sailing model, but there is running equipment and information in the kit to get it sailing on a small pond. The biggest drawback for any r/c conversion of a model kit is weight. But even this can be over come with the correct battery cofigurations and careful planning.

If you are up to the larger investments of fiberglass hulls and scratch building then the scope of your project is limited only by your imagination and pocket book.
See Modelwarships underway for more inspiration.
http://wmunderway.8m.com/home/home.htm

And you can get plenty of help at R/C Groups - boats if you get stuck on anything.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=54

Here is a typical plastic model conversion done by Tony O in the UK
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=173262&highlight=revell+trawler

If you're looking for a large scale battleship hull, first off, let me suggest doing something a little smaller if you've never built a battleship before. They are, without a doubt, the most complex of all modern ships, with lots of AA guns, secondary armament, and tons of things like hose reels, winches, davits, etc...

BaD Ship models is the place to go, although there's Loyalhanna Dockyard as well, both deal in large scale R/C hulls.

The person to lend her opinion is Umi, since this is her area of expertise.

Jeff

Largest widely avail scale is 1/350. Some ships are avail in larger sizes (1/192, 1/96, 1/72), but they are few and far between. Usually the smaller ships, and in multimedia kits. Revell/AG makes a 1/72 Corvette, U-Boat (new kit, just released), and Snellboot.
Lots of people R/C the Corvette. There is BaD ship models with large scale kits suitable for R/C, but be prepared to pay. Here is a link:
www.badshipmodels.com

we had a programme in the uk called super models on the discovery home and leisure channel , they built a 1/48 HMS fearless , with r/c landing craft , tank, seaking helicptor ,