I'm working on the final stages of a diorama with the interiors of two houses. They would likely have had baseboards, and I can sand the tops of strip styrene to show the angles of the baseboard tops.

But without going out to an LHS or something like that and searching for the "right" strips, I was hoping someone here could suggest "to scale" size(s) for baseboards? TIA.

Anything reasonably close in scale would look ok. There is AFAIK, no standard size for baseboards. I've seen them as wide as 6" maybe even a bit more and as narrow as about 11/2." Much would depend on the time period, country, and even style of the house. Didn't really answer your question but bottom line is I don't think it really matters that much as long as you are close and it looks good to you.
Good luck.

Well, the location is France in 1944, and I'm concerned about both thickness and height.

Bill, I have used several different sizes in my church construction. I can look up the sizes when I get home, but I generally just eyeball it, as like has been said, many different types of baseboards, crown mouldings, and door trim can be found....

As a general observation, the older the hous, the larger the term mouldings are. I se lots of photos with 1x8, or 1 x 12 baseboards, where as nowadays ou rarely find larger than 3 & 1/2 to 4 inch.

I always have my scale ruler with me on he bench when I'm working.... It was a very good investment, and has four different scales on it.

Hope it helps.

Bill
I guess you can't go wrong with a 3-4 mm (sorry for the millimeters don't forget I'm French ) height. "Old" baseboards often look like this :



but "flat" baseboards should be OK as well...

H.P.

H.P. what thickness would you suggest?

MMs are fine, Evergreen comes in millimeters.

Old 1:1 baseboards can be rather thick (around 20-25mm) so 0.5 or even 0.7mm should be OK in 1/35th scale...

H.P.

Merci, mon ami!