Editing Ship model (section)

== Large scale ==
[[File:Akagi model at Pearl 1.jpg|thumb|Large commercial model of the IJN ''Akagi'' on display at Pearl Harbor]][[File:Leeinwater.JPG|right|thumb|Large scale model warships in San Diego]]

Larger ship models have been used in museums to document historical ships, in companies for decoration and public relations.  These are typically built by commercial firms, or, in the past, model departments of large shipyards. One famous builder of ship models for the United States Navy was the firm of [[Gibbs & Cox]]; a 1/48 scale model of the {{USS|Missouri|BB-63|6}}, which is on display at the [[Washington Navy Yard]] museum, required an estimated 77,000 man hours to construct.<ref>{{cite web| title=US Navy ship models built by the Gibbs & Cox Company| publisher=Carderock Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center| date=May 2007| url=http://www.dt.navy.mil/cnsm/faq_09d.html| access-date=2007-12-12| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219172346/http://www.dt.navy.mil/cnsm/faq_09d.html| archive-date=2008-02-19}}</ref> Commercial ship models are usually built to rigorous standards; for example the US Navy has an exacting set of specifications regarding the use of materials and methods with the aim of ensuring a model "lifespan" of one hundred years.<ref>{{cite web| title=Specifications for construction of exhibition models of U.S. Naval vessels| publisher=Carderock Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center| date=May 2007| url=http://www.dt.navy.mil/cnsm/const_1.html| access-date=2007-12-12| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102172514/http://www.dt.navy.mil/cnsm/const_1.html| archive-date=2008-01-02}}</ref>

=== Radio control ===
{{Main|Radio-controlled boat}}
Some hobbyists build and operate scale model ships utilizing radio control equipment. These can range from small models that can be operated in aquariums to vessels capable of navigating large bodies of water.  Further expanding the concept is [[model warship combat]], in which scale models fire projectiles at each other in combat.