Difference in scale

Tankluver wrote:

Is there a big difference in a 1/350 scale destroyer and 1/700 scale escort carrier

Simple answer: YES. What are you really asking about? If for instance you are trying to determine if the two models will occupy the same amount of shelf space for display the answer is no, the destroyer, let's say, Tamiya's Fletcher will occupy about twice as much space as, say, Skywave's Bogue. This is, of course in length, the width of the models is approximately the same.

Tankluver wrote:

Is there a big difference in a 1/350 scale destroyer and 1/700 scale escort carrier

1:350 scale is twice as large as 1:700 scale.   The 1:700 scale destroyer which is 6 inches long by 1/2 inch wide will be 12 inches long by 1 inch wide in 1:350 scale.  Details which are difficult to see or appreciate in 1:700 scale (say ammo lockers) are large enough to be molded as separate part in 1:350 scale.

EdGrune wrote:

1:350 scale is twice as large as 1:700 scale.   The 1:700 scale destroyer which is 6 inches long by 1/2 inch wide will be 12 inches long by 1 inch wide in 1:350 scale.  Details which are difficult to see or appreciate in 1:700 scale (say ammo lockers) are large enough to be molded as separate part in 1:350 scale.

  While the scale numbers may be twice as large, the larger model will need about three times the detailing work to look as good.  We are working in 3 dimensions - length, width, and height.