Look at the Sunday scenic showcase from 2 or 3 weeks ago. I started it off with a Great Lakes Ore Carrier. It is about 4 feet long. It is not close to the real scale size. I built the deck in o scale and I think it looks very believable when it was placed on the customers waterway. I think one of the reasons was that the waterway was very narrow and that made the ship look bigger.
Go ahead and buy the ship. You can always modify it to your liking.
