What scale of ship?

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I need help finding a scale of ship that will look right in a harbour sceine for N scale. Any idea’s, will a 1/16"-1’ work, that makes a T-2 tanker ship about 33" long, that about right? I’m looking for tugs, tankers, cargo and container ships. Thanks Shawn

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I’m sure there are several out there… check walthers if not there then you could do a google search for what you need… as for the scale I am not exactly sure what you would need.

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Shawn,
You may want to visit Sylvan Scale Models Web site:
http://www.isp.on.ca/sylvan/n-scaleproducts.htm
Their WW1 era Laker class ship is 19 1/4 inches long, and I believe they have plans to produce a container ship.
Also, I believe Searails:
http://www.searails.com/pages/873666/index.htm
has some N scale ships. I don’t enjoy navigating their site, since their catalog .pdf file takes a while to download.
Bob
NMRA Life 0543

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You can also see if a plastic model company like Revell has the ship you’re looking for. On my n scale layout; I plan to incorporate a Revell 1;144 scale Navy ship (not sure yet which one) I usually use 1;144 for what I cant get in N

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I believe that 1/16th inch to a foot is about 1:192 scale.
So it would be a little smaller than 1:160
But I think it would be very hard to tell by most viewers.

Jon - Las Vegas

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Shawn; Sylvan models has a couple of ships in N. You need to also look up Dean’s Marine. They have a bunch of ship models in several scales.

Paul

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I’ve enjoyed scratch-building my own. When I needed some 1940’s era Ohio River towboats for my coal-hauling railroad, I took pictures of the W.P.Snyder, on display at the Ohio River Museum in Marietta, Ohio and built two, both sternwheelers. They turned out so well that I built a sidewheel excursion boat, a real"wedding cake". For the sternwheelers, l built some of the older, smaller wooden barges that were being phased out then. God knows you can’t buy anything like that in N scale. On the paddle-wheel boats, they look good if you build waterline models, but make the wheels completely round, then cut slots for them to drop into with a Dremel cutoff wheel.