Available 1/144^th Scale Fiberglass Warship Hulls

ATTENTION: We do not sell these hulls! This is a list of available fiberglass warship hulls compiled from the following retailers: Swampworks, Battler's Connection, Bob Pottle, Ralph Coles, Steve Hill & Eric Broderick. These hulls are sorted by Model Warship Combat, Inc. (MWC) battle units and all values pertain to MWC rules. Please note that some of these hulls are available as "Full Kits ", "Hull Kits" or as "Hull Only". Contact each manufacturer concerning their pricing and availability. If you wish to review one of these hulls, please fill out the on-line review form and your review will be posted as soon as possible. Don't hesitate to review already reviewed hulls even if you disagree with an earlier review. If you disagree with a review, you can enter a rebuttal on the on-line form above. Everyone has a different opinion. The opinion of the reviewer does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the SCRAP membership.

If you see a hull that is no longer offered or know of a new 1/144th scale fiberglass hull that is available, please send an e-mail to Web*Monkey with the pertinent information.

NOTE: There are currently some changes underway within the fiberglass hull community. Swampworks is up for sale and all the hulls will be transferred with the sale. Also, Bob Pottle is selling a lot of his molds. Once an owner for both of these sales is known, this page will be updated. Until then, please remember that this list is only as accurate as the information I am provided.

Last Update: 2006-03-14

Ship	Country	Units	Speed	Manufacturer	Reviewer	Scale	Layup	Comments
Missouri		8	24 sec	Swampworks	Chris Pearce	B	A	Excellent hull but scale has been compromised slightly by omitting the skegs in order to make the layup better.
Yamato		8	24 sec	Ralph Coles	Bryan Finster	C	B	A nice heavy hull with plenty of strength. However, the bow (while still pretty) is incorrect and the armor belt is the wrong shape. The angle of the bulge has been swallowed for ease of sheeting. Molded in skegs are very nice and his fiberglass superstructure is a nice item.
Yamato		8	24 sec	Battlers Connection	Bryan Finster	B	A	Much closer to scale than any previous Yamato hull. Everything is correct with the exception of the boat hangers which lack the correct radius. No compromises the hull shape have been made to ease sheeting, so sheeting skill is required. His superstructure is very scale, but is made of heavier resin. Hopefully, he will make a fiberglass option available in the future.
Bismarck		6.5	24 sec	Swampworks	Chris Pearce	C	A	Beautiful hull for a beautiful ship but extra volume in the stern causes an aesthetic and competitive disadvantage.
Vittorio Veneto		6.5	24 sec	Ralph Coles	Chris Pearce	B	B	A beautiful ship but has some excess hull volume.
King George V		6	24 sec	Swampworks	Chris Pearce	A	A	Ronny Hunt built the plug for this hull and did an excellent job.
Nagato		6	24 sec	Swampworks	Chris Pearce	B	A	David Haynes built this plug and did a very nice job but it acquired just a bit of extra volume in a couple of areas. It will most likely require the full +10% displacement in order to float at the scale waterline.
Nagato		6	24 sec	Battlers Connection	Gerald Roberts	A	A	Nice job of duplicating the massive bulges that this class has; great layup which includes the casments; deck kit is a must along with the superstructure which is accurate and expeditious for an intermediate to advanced building project.
North Carolina		6	24 sec	Swampworks	Chris Pearce	B	A	Very nice hull but scale has been compromised a bit by omitting the skegs in order to make the layup better and lowering the torpedo bulges slightly so that they are legally impenetrable and don't need to be sheeted.
Richilieu		6	24 sec	Ralph Coles
Rodney/ Nelson		6	26 sec	Ralph Coles
South Dakota		6	26 sec	Ralph Coles	Kevin Bray	A	A	I really like my SoDak hull purchased from Ralph. Having built in skegs is great and the thickness of the hull is very good.
Arizona		5.5	26 sec	Swampworks	Chris Pearce	A	A	An excellent hull.
Maryland (B)		5.5	26 sec	Battlers Connection	Chris Pearce	A	A	One of Charley's best! He really did the research on this one and the quality shows.
Baden		5.5	28 sec	Swampworks	Chris Pearce	A	A	An excellent hull.
Fuso (B)		5.5	26 sec	Battlers Connection
Hood		5.5	24 sec	Bob Pottle	Rich Wands	A	A	The hull is absolutely beautiful in scale Bob did an excellent job The layup of this hull was done by Ralph Coles and is smooth, sturdy and well finished. The Canadians by far build the best scale and layed up hulls in this hobby
Queen Elizabeth		5.5	26 sec	Ralph Coles	Chris Pearce	B	B	Serviceable and good looking hull but is a bit lumpy,and the casemates are not symmetrical on both sides. Samples I've seen can have problems with casemate height being asymmetrical on either side, too.
Tennessee		5.5	26 sec	Ralph Coles	Chris Pearce	B	B	Hull is nice but a bit lumpy in areas. The layup is often a bit on the thick side with potential for voids and other defects.
Tennessee (B)		5.5	26 sec	Swampworks	Brian Eliassen	NR	A	Beautiful ship which will become my USS California. Swampworks two-layered mat process is really nice. No idea what 'scale' is for this ship hence the NR scale rating.
					Chris Pearce	A	A	Andy Ray built the plug and the excellence shows.
Konig		5	28 sec	Battlers Connection	Chris Pearce	A	A	Another excellent hull in Charley's stable. Well researched and built.
Scharnhorst		5	24 sec	Battlers Connection	Chris Pearce	C	A	A nice looking ship but the armor belt is located too low on the hull and the hull has excessive volume. Probably suffers from poor source material.
Andrea Doria		4.5	28 sec	Battlers Connection
Derfflinger		4.5	24 sec	Swampworks	Chris Pearce	A	A	Ken Kelly (an excellent builder) built the plug for this ship and it's very nice.
Kongo		4.5	24 sec	Swampworks
Courageous		4	24 sec	Bob Pottle
Espana		4	28 sec	Bob Pottle
Invincible		4	26 sec	Swampworks
Moltke		4	26 sec	Swampworks	Kevin Bray	B	A	A 'workhorse' of a ship. Very nice lines. A few 'scale freaks' tell me that the nose is not 'defined' enough (but I like it anyways......)
					Chris Pearce	A	A	Very nice German battlecruiser hull.
Nassau		4	28 sec	Ralph Coles
South Carolina		4	28 sec	Swampworks
Viribus Unitis		4	28 sec	Swampworks
Von der Tann		4	26 sec	Battlers Connection	Chris Pearce	A	A	Charley did a great job on this one.
Admiral Hipper		3.5	23 sec	Ralph Coles	Chris Pearce	D	B	This hull has several problems with the entire hull being about 3/8" too short in height and also too short in length to represent the Prinz Eugen. The bow shape is also incorrect for any of the ships in this class.
					Bob Pottle	-	-	Rebuttal: Ralph's Hipper suffered from very poor source material (a Goff plan which turned out to be inaccurate in hull depth). Regarding Chris's comment, of course it is too short for the Prinz Eugen. The PE was longer and heavier than the other members of the Hipper Class, so that comment is unfair and has nothing to do with a Hipper hull.
					Tim Krakowski	C	A	I purchased one, and used it at NATS in 2000. While some of the scale problems have already been mentioned, it was a very good cruiser. I had no problems whatsoever with the hull. It was strong and turned better than you may think.
Des Moines		3.5	23 sec	Battlers Connection	Brandon Smith	B	B	The Des Moines under construction in our club is a great looking ship. A little bit lacking in scale lines around the bow but otherwise a decent hull. I don't know if it has any excess volume as the ship has never been in the water, but I suspect it doesn't have much, if at all. The layup is very good, better than my Suffren class, but it was a bit thin in areas. Overall a nice hull for a fairly rare ship in the hobby.
Lutzow		3.5	23 sec	Swampworks	Kevin Bray	A	A	My first lutzow hull has seen lots of action. It has held up quite well despite being sunk for 8 days. Very nice lines and a real beauty of a ship.
Brooklyn		3	23 sec	Swampworks	Chris Pearce	A	A	A very nice hull. I have one and like it quite a bit.
Canarias		3	24 sec	Bob Pottle
Exeter		3	23 sec	Swampworks	Piper Malick	A	A	Very solid model. No defects and scale was excellent.
Houston		3	23 sec	Swampworks	Brian Eliassen	NR	A	Hull quality is excellent. I have no idea what 'scale' is for this ship so a NR on that.
					Chris Pearce	B	A	Very nice, but scale compromise to allow it to represent either Houston or Portland classes is a small minus.
Kent/ Suffolk		3	23 sec	Bob Pottle
London/ Dorsetshire		3	23 sec	Steve Hill
Mogami		3	23 sec	Ralph Coles	Bryan Finster	A	A	Excellent. Just excellent.
					Peter Graham	A	A	An excellent hull!
Suffern		3	23 sec	Battlers Connection	Chris Pearce	C	A	One of Charley's earlier efforts. It's good looking but suffers from poor source material and has an excessive amount of hull volume. Even when illegally heavy, it still has too much freeboard.
					Brandon Smith	B	A	Great hull from Charlie though it does have a tad bit extra freeboard from scale. Mine is a good pound overweight yet still floats a bit above scale waterline. The hull itself is great, very nice looking, and quite durable. About the only downside I can think of is that the step is too far forward for the Foch/Dupleix, which had slightly differing superstructures.
Agano		2.5	22 sec	Swampworks	Chris Pearce	A	A	An Andy Ray masterpiece.
Atlanta		2.5	22 sec	Swampworks	Chris Pearce	A	A	Swampy's Atlanta is an excellent scale model.
Atlanta		2.5	22 sec	Battlers Connection	Chris Pearce	D	A	Charley's Atlanta suffered from poor source materials and has an excessive amount of hull volume - to the point that even at the max +25% weight, it still has too much freeboard. It also has too much curvature in the deck line.
Fiji/ Swiftsure/ Superb		2.5	22 sec	Steve Hill
George Leygues		2.5	22 sec	Swampworks
K-class		2.5	22 sec	Battlers Connection
Scharnhorst		2.5	26 sec	Battlers Connection	David Asman	A	A	This ship most likely has the largest hull volume in it's assigned MWC class (2), which is a real luxury for placing internal components. The hull design also permits a large amoung of solid area that will still conform to the MWC ruleset. A very satisfactory secondary ship.
Warrior/ Duke of Edinburgh		2.5	26 sec	Bob Pottle
Roberts/ Abercrombie		2	30 sec	Bob Pottle
Terror		2	30 sec	Bob Pottle
Akizuki		1.5	21 sec	Ralph Coles	Bryan Finster	B	B	A nice sized destroyer that is very near correct. However, it is marred by an asymmetrical bow.
Capitani Romani		1.5	22 sec	Battlers Connection	John Bruder	A	A	A beautiful and very well made hull. This hull is of the highest quality and very accurately follows all available plans. Well done Charley.
Gearing		1.5	21 sec	Ralph Coles
Le Terrible		1.5	21 sec	Swampworks	Chris Pearce	A	A	I really like mine.
Mogador		1.5	21 sec	Battlers Connection	Bob Pottle	A	A	Ralph Coles built this mold and sold it to Battlers Connection. I have one of these and it is a very nice hull - light, strong and with superb lines.
Z23-Class		1.5	21 sec	Battlers Connection	Chris Pearce	B	A	Very nice looking but hull volume has been added to this one.
					Bob Pottle	NR	NR	I built this mold and sold it to Battlers Connection. The additional 3/8" of freeboard was added to give the ship the proper waterline after the additional weight, allowed for this class, was added.
Gorgon/ Glatton		1	30 sec	Bob Pottle
I-400		1	28 sec	Battlers Connection	Bryan Finster	B	B	The I-400 makes some compromises in scale for a somewhat easier build of a very difficult model.
Sangamon		1	28 sec	Eric Broderick	Eric Broderick	NR	NR	This is my T-2 Tanker hull that can be built as a Sangamon class CVE.
Surcouf		1	28 sec	Ralph Coles
Algol		0	34 sec	Eric Broderick
Komet		0	34 sec	Eric Broderick
Landing Ship Tank		0	34 sec	Swampworks	Brian Eliassen	NR	A	Beautiful ship. The Swampworks two-layer mat layup looks great. I have no idea what 'scale' is for this ship so it's not rated.
Prince Roberts		0	34 sec	Eric Broderick
Pundua		0	34 sec	Eric Broderick
T-2 Tanker		0	34 sec	Eric Broderick

The following Hulls are under construction by their respective manufacturer along with the current status of the hull development process or expected availability.

Ship	Country	Units	Speed	Manufacturer	Status
North Carolina		6	24 sec	Battlers Connection	Spring 2004
South Dakota		6	26 sec	Battlers Connection	Spring 2004
Iron Duke		5	26 sec	Battlers Connection	Spring 2004
Mississippi/ Kilkis		4	28 sec	Battlers Connection	Summer 2004
Prince Eugen/ Hipper		3.5	23 sec	Battlers Connection	Summer 2004

Key

Ship : Ship class Country : Country of origin Units : The number of battle units Speed : Lowest time allowed to traverse 100' Manufacturer : Maker of hull Reviewer : Who reviewed the hull Scale : Quality of scale Layup : Quality of fiberglass lay-up Comments : Any reviewer comments Status : Expected time for availability (B) : Bulged Hull

Explaining the Grades

Scale A - Excellent. Few or no defects. B - Good. Minor defects in appearance. C - Average. Serviceable hull. Can make a decent combat ship but has some obvious and noticeable problems. D - Fair. Has major defects in scale shape and or volume. F - Poor. Resin fumes over-came the builder. Avoid at all costs. NR - Not rated. Layup A - Excellent. Smooth and durable. B - Good. Can have a few small voids or minor defects. C - Average. Has some flaws and weaknesses (voids, excess gel, etc). D - Fair. Hull will probably need some work before building. F - Poor. Hull will need major work before building. NR - Not rated.

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