Revell 400 scale Queen Mary 2

I would go to railway (railroad for our American cousins) modelling sites/books.  I used to do railway modelling, and fibre optics, and general electrical things, are old hat over there.

Found this article & review in the current Internet Modeler

http://www.internetmodeler.com/2006/february/new-releases/WP_Titanic.php

It will give you some ideas.   Perhaps the folks at Warm Plastic can package a light set for the QM

To sidebar911

I contacted Gold Medal Models last year and believe that they are bringing out a 1:400 scale photo etch set for the Revell Queen Mary 2 model.

On my QM2 model I cut out every window and opening in the hull.

This was time consuming, but the result was really fantastic and if you are going to light up the model this is a must.

I was fortunate enough to be involved with the construction of the real ship in Saint Nazaire, France.

I have loads of reference material.

Regards,

 

Beau.

Nahhhhhhh, 1/400 scale is HUGE ... compared to 1/700 scale, or those really insane guys who build ships in 1/1200 scale and even smaller.

Seriously, though, I think mixing scales at that degree is going to make the photoetch a dominant part of the model rather than a nice complement, because it is probably going to make peopel scratch their heads and try to figure out what's "wrong" about it. But then again, it's your model, so if you think it'll look good, go for it!

Well, I've never been on Titanic (now that would be something) nor the QM2 (yeah, maybe if I win the Euromillions) but I don't think you could use those deckchairs for the QM2, I figure those will be a lot more modern style.
Of course, at that scale you really need a magnifier to see them anyway.

Check the Debris Field for some info on the QMII

http://debrisfield.russellwild.co.uk/index.shtml

Also check the TRMA site.   While this primarily addresses the Titanic there are some good info buried there.  

http://titanicmodel.com/

I believe that there is info on lighting a passenger ship in one or both of these sites.

As far as the PE details the use of 1:350 scale details on a 1:400 ship will result in them appearing 12.5% too large [(400-350)/400].  As a matter of personal preference I try to not mix scale differences greater than 10%.  The choice is yours. 

However, Toms Modelworks does make some 1:400 scale Titanic details ...

http://www.tomsmodelworks.com/detail.asp?Ship!Detail!Sets!-!Small|1/400!Scale!Ships