Building in 1:100?

[ubjs]

I have a kit by the East Indiaman Götheborg from Billing boats in scale 1: 100.

I wonder if it is difficult to build a decent model of it in scale 1: 100?

It seems that most kits are in scale 1: 60-1: 75 of this type of ship.

 

[Jimsky]

I have a kit by the East Indiaman Götheborg from Billing boats in scale 1: 100.

I wonder if it is difficult to build a decent model of it in scale 1: 100?

It seems that most kits are in scale 1: 60-1: 75 of this type of ship.

Hello, Ubjs

Frankly, for the most part, building a decent model doesn't depend on scale and kit manufacturer. I've seen many examples where modelers build on a large scale, using top-of-the-line kits, but with poor results. Opposit, a poorly designed kit, and small scale yield awesome results. I'd say, it mostly depends on your skill and experience, but would agree on the larger scale for better clarity and convenience.

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

I built my first ship, La Couronne, in 1:100 scale. It was very complicated rigging wise, and was very challenging because of the smaller than average size. In the last stages of the build, all the rigging work required tools because there was no room for fingers. If you want to add lots of tiny details, I would suggest 1:60 scale. most models at 1:48 scale are very large and require much more space to display for large men of war or number 1 or 2 ships of the line. Small details like rigging gun tackles too difficult to model accurately at 1:100 scale. As far as whether the model will be decent, that is up to how much patience you have to keep the work neat and add details, which every kit could use. The model below is 1:100 scale, and came out decent enough, but a lot of details were added to the kit, including hand made sails.

 

[Dave Teel]

I have built two models at 1:100 scale. It does require doing most of the build from scratch. Kits offered at this scale offer over sized parts.

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

1:100 is doable in decent detail, but it's noticeably harder than 1:60, where you can get you hands close to the deck longer into the build, and the details are easier to work on.

 

[polydoc]

1:100 is doable in decent detail, but it's noticeably harder than 1:60, where you can get you hands close to the deck longer into the build, and the details are easier to work on.

Amen to that. Below are two pix of my scratch built Continental frigate Virginia in 1/96 scale. I got in all the detail I wanted, but the rigging was tough to do and I don't think I would build a 3 master again in that scale. Tiny hands and fingers would have been helpful.