Small Scale Military Headquarters

this is why i stop asking for sub in 1:18 scale

http://www.modelermagic.com/wordpress/w ... er_002.jpg

i wanted an 1/18 aircraft carrier and droped the idea altogether !

that's nowhere near 1/18. Probably 1/32. In 1/18 a Typhoon would be over 31 feet long.

Perhaps this is closer to 1:18?

http://lasubmarine.blogspot.com/

yes, it's 1/20 scale.

sweet...boy i could play with that all day long...lol.

yeah that would make a great play set. Hasbro should take note.

I mean come on, how hard could that be. I can see it lining the shelves at your local big box store this Holiday season.

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it might not be 1/18th but it still would make a hell of a conversation peice! I wonder where do these things go when the movie is done filming? They probably sit in a warehouse till they make a B movie. Like Blue Thunder, I've seen it in a couple of tv shows. Wish I knew someone on the inside.

Back in the 1980s, I remember seeing a 1/72 model of the USS Nimitz. The guy would open the center of the flight deck, sit inside, and when it was in the water he could drive it around, work the elevators, move aircraft around the flight deck, etc.

i saw on the internet a while back a guy who scratch built a 1/72 nimitz. A static model, not r/c. It didn't float or anything but had a full interior, all hangers etc. Took him 19 years to make it. Astounding.

Yeah I had posted this link last year on The Fighting 1:18th site. For those who don't know here's the link....

http://www.carrierbuilders.net/gallery/ ... e_1-72.htm

Main site:

http://www.carrierbuilders.net/

I hope for his sake his house never catches on fire. It would certainly be a date he would live in infamy over.

Gents,

That is actually the USS Enterprise, and I believe it is now housed in the Smithsonian Air & Space museum via donation from the builder.

There's a guy who's done an RC Nimitz here http://www.flickr.com/photos/appleman64 ... 389057606/

I think the one I saw in the 80s that you could get in and drive yourself was cooler.