ModelWarships.com Web Directory

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Ship Modeling Websites and sites with Ship content
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Modeling Links Ship Museums and Associations Naval History Sites Computer Game Links Newsgroup Links
IPMS USA The International Plastic Modeler Society Home page
IPMS West Central Missouri Western Missouri IPMS club home of your webmaster
IPMS USA 2008 2008 IPMS/USA Nationals convention site.
Silicon Valley Scale Modelers IPMS Chapter in Silicon Valley California home of Vladimir Yakubov
IPMS Philippines IPMS Philippines Home chapter of Noel Carpio and Jun Villalon
ModelWarships Message Board Our local message board
ScaleModel.net message board Yet another Ship modeling message board
Battle Fleet message board Dan von Gartzen's Battle Fleet Models
Ship Camouflage Message board Ask your camouflage questions here.
Armorama.com Jim Starkweather's site for Military Scale Modelers (not just Tanks!)
Internet Modeler A good site for general Modeling info (including Ships)
Modeling Madness A Great Model Review Site (Check out the Naval Corner)
SubCommittee A great website dedicated to Submarines
Ship Model Mailing List info Home port of the SMML newsletter devoted to Ship Modeling
The Ship Camouflage site If you need to know how to paint it check here
Modelismonaval.com A Spanish Modeling site with lots of links
Model Warship 72 1/72" Scale Modeling site from down under
TASK FORCE 72 TASK FORCE 72 Scale Model Ship Association Inc. based in Sydney, Australia
Warship Models Underway Remote Control Ships at their best.
Submarine World Network Submariners Online by Ron Martini 
Navydaze.com Naval, Coast Guard and Aviation Art of Michael Donegan
The Digital Navy Downloadable paper ship kits
Military Meshes CAD modeling site with plenty of ships.
Panama Canal Webcam The Live webcam at Miraflores Locks in Panama
Ship Modeling FAQ Frequently Asked Questions - Ship Models from the rec.models.scale newsgroup
Aircraft Resource Center Steve Bamford's site devoted to Aircraft (excellent place for carrier air wing info)
Hyperscale A great site devoted to aircraft (another place for info on carrier air wings)
Ship Model Construction Ship plans for  modelers, magazine for ship-modelers "Modelist-Korabel" ("Modeler-Shipbuilder"), sailing ship models for sale.
 PT Boat World PT Consulting Naval Historical Research "You've got a question, I've got an answer."
Model Boats This Model Boats magazine has been published in the UK for over 70years. 
SHIP KIT REVIEWS RAJENDRA's, JOE's, DAVE's, et al's list of Ship kit reviews
Modeling Clubs, Organizations and Personal Website
Battleships & Knights  Stefano's modeling site, lots of great pictures and ship info.
Modellmarine.de German language webzine about ship modeling with articles, photo gallery, kit and book reviews.
North Cheshire Marine North Cheshire Marine Fine Scale Association large scale RC ships
The Queen's Own combat warship club For those interested in building and fighting high quality 1/72nd scale model warships
German Warship Group scale 1/100 Large Scale German Warships (text in German Pictures great)
Grand Fleet (Rengo-Kantai) Japanese Ship modeling site
The Model Bench Ron's helpful modeling site
Web Modeling Gallery OMAMI's Web Modeling Gallery with modeling factory, tips, 1:1 photo's, and more.
Vietnam War Modeling Site René van der Hart's Great site dedicated to the Vietnam War (Check out the ship coverage)
 Pier 72 Dave Manning's model warship workshop, Australia
USCG Kit list Bill Michaels'  listing of US Coast Guard subjects
Model warships in scale Avery Boyer's Model Warship site
Charlie's Footlocker G.I. Joe like you've never seen him. Check out the 1/6 Scale Naval ship diorama.
Jared's Model Gallery Large profile paper craft models (Check out the USS Nimitz!)
PlasticLleros ScrachtBuild Models and plans, free to download
World Yamato blog Barrett Hochhaus's webpage devoted to radio-controlled Yamato-class battleships.

Ship Museums and Associations

 

 
 
















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 Freedom Park / Omaha USS Hazard AM-240, LSM 45, and the submarine USS Marlin SST-2 are the major exhibits.
 H.M.S. Hood Association The Hood's official veterans group, the H.M.S. Hood Association
 Battleship Bismarck A site dedicated to the Bismarck
Destroyers Online Excellent site dedicated to destroyers of all classes and eras
 US Naval Shipbuilding Museum Located in historic Quincy, Massachusetts, USNSM is home to USS Salem (CA 139)
USS North Carolina  Located in the historic Cape Fear Region on the border of North and South Carolina
 USS Missouri (BB63) Association Veterans Center of the Mighty Mo
 USS. IOWA Museum U.S.S. IOWA Museum and Veteran's Association
 Battleship New Jersey Historical Museum Society
Battleship Cove Battleship Massachusetts, Destroyer Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Submarine Lionfish, etc.
WWII Battleship USS Washington BB56 Home page of the USS Washington
WWII Battleship USS South Dakota BB57 Home page of the SoDak
 USS Hornet Museum The USS HORNET (CV-12) Naval Museum
 USS Arizona Memorial National Parks Service Arizona site
Patriots Point  USS YORKTOWN (CV-10), and USS LAFFEY (DD-724)
 USS LEXINGTON Museum on the Bay in Corpus Christi, Texas.
USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile
National Maritime Museum Association Dedicated to maritime preservation and education
 Museum of Science & Industry U-505 U-505 a German World War II Type-IXc Unterseeboot
 Naval & Military Park Home to guided missile cruiser USS Little Rock (CLG-4), destroyer USS The Sullivans (DD-537), and Submarine USS Croaker (SSK-246). 
 USS Cushing Reunion Association The Official Website of the USS Cushing Reunion Association.
 USS KIDD DD-661 The Louisiana Naval War Memorial & USS KIDD (DD-661)
 SS JEREMIAH O'BRIEN NATIONAL LIBERTY SHIP MEMORIAL
 CA134.org Website for John's USS DES MOINES CA-134 PR0JECT
CA-38 Memorial photos USS San Francisco Memorial at Land's End photographed by Ron Henggeler

Naval History Sites
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 US Navy Ships Official US Navy site with links to individual ships
Naval Historical Center The US Navy Historical Center has a large number of high quality ship images
Haze Gray & Underway Naval and Maritime History, Naval affairs, Shipbuilding, and Naval photography
 Navsource Image Gallery A fantastic resource for Ship photographs
 Destroyer History An excellent site with photo's and history of US Navy DD's
 Navyphotos.co.uk Large archive of British Naval Photos
Guadalcanal Online Covers all phases of the combat in and around Guadalcanal
Rube Garrett 's diary The story of the Marines on Guadalcanal, a great site for anyone interested in Guadalcanal
HyperWar the USN in WW2 US Navy ships and info.
 The Combined Fleet All about the Japanese Navy in WW2
 The Pacific War: The U.S. Navy A Website Created by Tim Lanzendörfer 
Pacific Links A huge collection of links
Warship1.com All the Worlds Ships and info
USS Langely site Robert's site devoted to the USS Langley CV-1
German Navy in WW I Imperial German Navy in World War I by Thomas L. Tanner, Jr
PrinzEugen.com Ships, Weapons and Men of the Kriegsmarine, Schnellboot, Konig class battleships, and more.
Russo-Japanese war Russo-Japanese war by the sea 1904-1905 by Vseslav
MITSUO FUCHIDA FROM PEARL HARBOR TO CALVARY by Mitsuo Fuchida (1970)
WW 2 Cruiser Operations Great site for the Cruiser of WW2


 Naval Warfare Simulation  Naval Warfare Simulation Home. Info on Naval Wargames such as fighting steel and Fleet Command

Newsgroup Links
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rec.models.scale A newsgroup that deals with scale models
alt.binaries.models.scale same as above but dedicated to images
sci.military.naval a Navy History and Tech newsgroup
soc.history.war.world-war-ii a World War Two History newsgroup
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.naval Naval Wargame simulations

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