Plastic Model Ships

also, what's the price range most common? What are the best brands?

Smaller size is typically 1 / 700 scale. The larger models are generally 1 / 400 or 1 / 350 scale. Prices for smaller-scale vessels are usually around $ 20 range and larger scales go for about $ 50 - 80, depending on the manufacturer and the amount of detail. Revell, Tamiya, Hasegawa and make good kits. Jump to Hobbylinc.com to get a good idea of what kits are out there.

As posted 1 / 700 and 1 / 350 to 1 / 400 kits. Some additional notes - some older Japanese kits were 1 / 450 or 1 / 500, some large-scale models to 1 / 200. very old kits tend to be "wide box designed to fit in a box of Commons and about the same size regardless of the actual size lots. One other common scale is 1 / 600, which modern Airfix kits have been made, and some manufacturers also made 1 / 720 which is very compatible with 1 / 700.

If you are interested in sailing ships is another matter - they are often at scales as 1 / 96. 1 / 100. 1 / 192 or less. Some are made to 1 / 350 to fit nicely with modern ships.