1/350 scale ships are great. The trick is to take your time, do lots of
research, always build from the inside out, and plan on a serious
amount of scratchbuilding. Resin kits are my favorite, but they can be
expensive. Links to kit sources can be obtained through steelnavy.com
website along with great gallery shots and kit reviews. Search Trident
Hobbies website and look at Yankee Model Works kits.
Destroyers go for $75.00 to $110.00
Cruisers are in the $200.00+ range
For rigging I use .006 brass wire from Detail Accessories N Guage
suppliers. All masts need to be replaced by brass wire. I super glue
these up and finish them with photoetch. Tom's Modelworks has
a n excellent supply of kit specific and generic stuff in 1/700, 1/350, and 1/200 (196)
I am sending in some photo's to SM soon.
Tincan