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Enhance your 1/350 scale warship models with precision aftermarket components from Artwox, Flyhawk Models, Pontos Model, and Tamiya. This comprehensive collection features wooden deck sets, photo-etched railings, turned metal gun barrels, and detail-up sets for iconic vessels including Bismarck, Yamato, Missouri, and Hood.
Wooden deck sets from Artwox and Pontos Model transform the appearance of 1/350 scale warship models by replacing simplified kit decking with laser-cut wood planking that replicates the authentic teak or pine surfaces found on historical vessels. These precision-engineered sets feature accurate plank widths, caulking lines, and deck patterns specific to individual ships, with options available for German battleships like Bismarck, Tirpitz, Scharnhorst, Admiral Hipper, and Prinz Eugen, British capital ships including Warspite, Hood, and Duke of York, and French battleship Richelieu. Installation requires careful surface preparation and specialized adhesives, but the visual impact of realistic wood grain and proper deck geometry elevates any build from standard to museum-quality presentation.
Photo-etched components from Flyhawk Models, Eduard, and AFV Club provide scale-accurate thickness and dimensional precision for railings, radar arrays, boat details, and structural elements that are oversimplified or too thick in injection-molded plastic. Flyhawk offers specialized sets including German radar equipment, IJN emergency gear, USN non-slip netting, and comprehensive detail-up sets for vessels like USS Missouri, while Eduard provides multi-part photo-etch sets for carriers including USS Midway, USS Ranger, USS Gambier Bay, and HMS Ark Royal. These brass components require specialized bending tools and techniques but deliver unmatched realism for modelers seeking competition-level results.
Precision-turned metal gun barrels replace kit-supplied plastic tubes that often lack proper bore depth, suffer from ejector pin marks, or feature incorrect muzzle geometry. Tamiya offers turned metal 46cm gun barrels with projectiles specifically engineered for their Yamato-class battleship kits, while Flyhawk provides brass barrels for German 280mm SK C/28 weapons fitted to Graf Spee. These metal components feature hollow muzzles, accurate rifling detail, and proper dimensional scaling that dramatically improves the visual impact of a model's primary armament, particularly when viewed from bow or stern angles where gun barrel detail is most prominent.
Complete detail-up sets from Pontos Model combine photo-etched brass, turned metal parts, and specialized components into comprehensive upgrade packages tailored to specific kit manufacturers and ship variants. Sets are available for Revell's Bismarck and Tirpitz, Dragon's Graf Spee, and various other popular kits, providing everything needed to transform a standard build into a highly detailed replica. Flyhawk's painting masks simplify the challenging task of creating crisp wooden deck plank lines, with options for 1.1mm, 1.2mm, and 1.3mm spacing to match different deck scales and historical patterns, plus ship-specific masks for vessels like Scharnhorst that feature complex deck geometries.
Small-scale details bring life and context to warship models. Tamiya provides Japanese Navy utility boat sets and 144-piece crew figure sets that populate deck spaces with accurately scaled personnel, while Flyhawk offers USN carrier sundry baskets, bollard sets, and IJN aircraft carrier mast assemblies. Above & Below contributes specialized anti-skid plate decals in various sizes that replicate the textured non-slip surfaces applied to high-traffic deck areas on World War II warships. These finishing details transform static models into dynamic representations of operational vessels.
AFV Club specializes in photo-etched detail sets and complete kits for amphibious warfare vessels including LCT-501 class landing craft, LST-491 class tank landing ships, and Type XXI submarines. Their comprehensive sets include bridge details, deck equipment, and conversion components that address accuracy issues in base kits from various manufacturers. For modelers building dioramas or fleet scenes, these auxiliary vessels provide essential context and scale reference when displayed alongside capital ships from our 1/350 Scale Model Ships collection.