Wooden decks replace moulded plastic planking with real veneer and laser-cut seams. The sheet is self-adhesive: peel it off the backing, line it up against the superstructure openings and press it down — no glue, no painting hundreds of individual planks. Decks are cut to fit named kit boxings in scales from 1:72 to 1:700, and some include an etched fret or a paint mask as well. Below, how to pick the right sheet and how to finish the deck once it is laid.
1:700 HMS Invincible 1914 Wooden Deck (FH1311)
19.96 €
1:700 SMS Dresden Wooden Deck (FH1307)
10.36 €
1:350 Italian Heavy Cruiser Gorizia (Trumpeter 05349)
19.56 €
1:700 USS Arizona BB-39 1941 Wooden Deck (for Hobby Boss 83401)
17.16 €
1:350 Imperial Chinese Peiyang Fleet
18.36 €
1:144 Wooden deck CHIN YUEN (for Bronco KB14001)
23.96 €
A thin sheet of genuine timber with the plank seams, turret openings, hatches and anchor chain recesses cut through by laser. The underside carries an adhesive layer, so the sheet is simply positioned and pressed down. Against painted styrene you gain the natural grain of wood, which no amount of brushwork imitates, and you save hours of masking. The planks are also the correct width for the scale, so the deck holds up at the close range where painted seams normally give the game away.
Every sheet is cut for one particular kit release, and that release is named in the product title. The same ship from two different sources has its openings in different places, so always check the designation against the box actually on your shelf.
The widest choice sits with 1:350 decks and 1:700 decks, the two commonest ship scales. Large battleships are served by 1:200 sheets, long-running classic kits by the 1:400 and 1:600 ranges, and occasional sheets appear in 1:144 and 1:72. Unusual ratios and shortened chibi-style hulls go to other scales.
Alongside the natural tone there are blue-tinted sheets for American ships, matching the decks the navy overpainted during the war. Carriers appear with pre-painted flight decks, and a number of sheets arrive with an etched extra or a mask for the surrounding areas.
Pick the kit the deck will go onto from ship model kits — ordering both together is the surest way to keep the scale and the boxing in step.
