Diecast commercial vessels

[Thomas Millard]

As a former collector of 1:400 scale diecast airliners, close to a 1000 models, tough many were sold off when my financial fortunes went south last year. I am curious if such models exist in the commercial vessel world?

As I am sure that a few of you are familiar with the likes of Gemini Jets, Dragon Wings and Aeroclassics, and the stunning, highly detailed 1:400 airliner replicas, they produce. I would like to know if anything like this is currently being produced, in a similar scale with commercial vessels in mind,  i.e. container ships, tankers, cargo ships, ect.? I have scoured the net and came up with little, I must say. So far, I have only found ocean liners and military vessels that fit what I am looking for.

So any help and or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Thomas

[Michael Brinkmann]

The majority of metal ship models were made in 1:1250, some in 1:1200, which makes just a little difference. There are just a few ship models in a larger scale. Maybe you have luck with: www.classic-ship.de or www.galerie-maritim.de, both located in Northern Germany with English speaking stuff and shipment almost all over the world.

Best regards

Michael

[Thomas Millard]

Thanks for the links, Micheal. Unfortunately, the scales are a bit too large for my tastes. Perhaps I am spoiled by the highly detailed and accurate 1:400 (and even the 1:500) scaled airline models. I was hoping that someone had began producing ship models in theses smaller scales.

Thanks again,

Thomas

[JPMagnusson]

Hello, this is my first post although I have been "ship spotting" in real life for years.

I've sent Michael Brinkmann a pm but was wondering if anybody else could tell me what size in inches the Classic Ship Collection models are roughly(I guess it will vary from vessel to vessel)?.

The model that caught my eye was the crude tanker Tartar.

I might also ask if there is such a thing as a plastic kit of one of the modern massive ULCCs?.

Many thanks indeed.

 

[itsfoto]

The Tartar is made to scale 1:1250
cheers
Uwe

[JPMagnusson]

Hi, yeh, thanks but what I was wondering about is what size the actual model is.  Would it be 10, 15 etc inches long?.

Cheers,

 

[Andreas Schlatterer]

hello

the model of the "Tartar" is a little bit less than 10 inches.
But I can assure you that the model is "TOP"

best regards
capesize

[JPMagnusson]

Hi Andreas, thanks very much, this is the information I was looking for.