I'm also a 1/1250 scale ship collector, and one thing that's really good about that hobby is you can display and store many many more ship models than you can aircraft models. Also, there are a wide variety of ship classes available from all of those small producers. In time, I can see diecast aircraft covering a wider variety of prototypes as well, all the major and minor military and commercial types. The downside of ship collecting is the cost - you get a lot more metal for your money when purchasing diecast aircraft. For more on the history of that hobby, I'd recommend (as a happy customer) 1250ship's website, plus the Steelnavy 1250 ship message boards:
1250 Home
Any other crossover air/sea collectors out there?
There are some aviation-related subjects in 1250 scale ship collecting: all the aircraft carriers of course, plus the giant airships in naval use such as
Akron and
Macon. The Swedish aviation cruiser
Gotland is now available with aircraft included. There's a neat air/sea combo available from Neptun, the
Akitsushima plus Emily flying boat. Imagine if this were available in 1:72 diecast! (picture from Steelnavy website)
