100 Plus Quality Nautical and Modeling Related Links

Eight million old, used and rare books offered here for sale by about thirty-five hundred booksellers around the world make this the largest and possibly the most interesting bookselling site on the Web!


 High quality shipmodel kits.

Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd.
Nautical Publishers, Printers and Ships' Stationers.

Building the Independence
Welcome aboard! This site has been created with the express purpose of recording and displaying my efforts at building my first wooden ship model from a kit.

Rotary Power Carving Techniques
Carving Ornamentation for Ship Models
By Bill Short
A 52 page book for the beginning carver.

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Cruizer Web
This site aims to deliver as detailed an account of both the individual ship, and the class that bore her name, as is possible from existing records. There will also be regular updates on the building of a 1/64 scale model of CRUIZER, based on the Caldercraft 'Snake' and 'Cruiser' model kits.

David R.Webber Model Ships
Welcome to my web site and the world of model ships. My fascination with model ships began back when I was a young boy. Since that time I have built many model ships. The earlier ones were kits which I modified extensively enhancing the accuracy and detail.

Department of the Navy Historical Center
A broad site with a hook into everything available about the U.S. Navy. There are frequently asked questions answered, sections for history and publications, photos and paintings available, histories of individual vessels and much more.

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Online
Just what the name says!

DSC Showcases
The finest glass Showcases and Display Cabinets for Modellers & Collectors.

Fiddlers Green Model Ships
A ship and boat broker to help you to: Buy a model boat,ship, or yacht of your choice, price range and quality. Commission a model boat, yacht, or ship to be made by an experienced modeler. Sell a model ship, boat or yacht to a collector, business or gallery. Repair a model and help you to have it transport it to the model maker and back. Restore an antique model yacht, boat or ship.

Flagship Models
Photo Etched Details for Model Warships (primarily modern and WW II).

The Floating Drydock
Major Supplier of US Navy-related plans, photos, drawings, kits and fittings.

GK Modellbau
The Kammerlander site.

Granville Island Model Ships Museum
A large and varied collection of models of coastal work boats, sailing vessels and warships, dedicated to the preservation of the rich Canadian maritime history. Features a 13' foot model of HMS Hood.

The Hourglass Connection
David Hood's custom sandglasses.

International Radio-Controlled Warship Combat Club
Info on events, gun construction, photos and an e-mail forum.


The Lauck Street Shipyard is an introduction to Bob Hunt's work in Model Shipbuilding and the services he offers.


Lothlorien Crafts & Design Homepage...Ship-in-bottle and static models by John Fox III.

The Lumberyard
The Lumberyard is an ongoing collection of domestic, imported, exotic and rare woods suitable for fine model building. The wood offered is only a small portion of what The Lumber Yard carries in inventory. There are over 70,000 species of wood in the world. We are always on the lookout for different types of wood suitable for model work. This ever changing inventory provides the model builder with the opportunity to work with a variety of woods.


Ongoing progress of many naval ship models.

The Mariners' Museum, Newport News
The Mariners' is the home of the August Crabtree ship model collection and hosts the periodic renowned Scale Ship Model Competition.

Maryland Silver Company
National Archives research, ship & ordnance plans and Civil War maps.

Matthias Stegmann's Ship Modeling Pages
Pictures of several models by Matthias Stegmann.

Maumee Valley Model Boat Club
We have our meetings at Ryan's Family Steak house at 710 S. Reynolds on the first Wednesday of each month. The meeting starts at 7:00, but most members are there at 6:00 to eat. You are welcome to join us.


Micro-Mark is THE mail-order source for hard-to-find tools and supplies for hobby, professional and educational model building.

Model Boats
This is the page dedicated to model boats. Scale display models of wooden and early iron sailing ships.


The Model Dockyard has a large selection of kits from many manufacturers.


Buy online the finest Miniature Cotton Flags printed on both sides, Signal Sets, Self Adhesive Vinyl Flags, Sheets of Vinyl Lettering, Individual Vinyl Letters and RNLI Bow Emblems."

The Model Shipwrights
The Model Shipwrights are an Adelaide, South Australia, based group of people interested in model ship making in its many forms.


Organized and incorporated radio control model warship combat club.

Mystic Seaport
Probably the most beautiful of all the maritime museums with its captivating seaside location and 'in-house' port.

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
The world's most prestigious maritime Museum.


The Nautical Research Guild has been linking researchers, collectors, and builders of the highest quality ship models for fifty years. Members share a common dedication to learning about ships and maritime history through academic research, as applied and expressed in the process of ship model building and other artistic and academic endeavors.

New Bedford Whaling Museum
One of the most interesting museums on the East Coast to visit, the Old Darmouth Historical Society's New Bedford Whaling Museum boast the best collection of American whaling artifacts to be found anywhere.

Nihon Kaigun
Really Neat Imperial Japanese Navy Site.

Northern Star Mall
NorthernStarMall.com is your complete online hobby center for model ships, model boats, tools and accessories. We also offer exclusive, original tall ship artwork!

Novel Models
These museum quality models are built for display with miniature onboard lights and accent lights within the display case. With the lights turned on, these showpieces take on a 'life like' quality and are sure to be the center of attraction in any home or office boardroom!

Old River Bill's Home Page
The Web's leading site for inland waterways towboats information.

Papa John's Toolbox
All of Papa John's Toolbox merchandise is fully guaranteed to your satisfaction.

The Peabody Museum
The Peabody, its collections and its libraries, is an impressive source for all things both nautical and East Coast American.

Preac Tools
Precision power tools for the serious ship modeler.

Queen's Own Scale Model Warship Club
The purpose of the club is to build and operate scale warships of the highest possible quality.

Robert H. Eddy & Associates
Custom yacht models and nautically inspired jewelry.

San Juan Nepomuceno
This site documents the construction of the San Juan Nepomuceno. The original ship was a 74-gun Spanish galleon that fought at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. It was captured by the British, repaired at Gibraltar and then commissioned into the Royal Navy. The version you see here is somewhat smaller, a 1:90 scale model supplied as a kit by Artesania Latina.

Sea Dragon Marine Art Studio & Gallery
Marine art, landscapes, and ship models.


Seaways' Ships in Scale Magazine is the leading workshop and research magazine for the ship modelers of all levels of experience. Published and edited by shipmodelers, our magazine is dedicated to mutual education in the art and science of ship modeling. We cover all types of ships- classical sail, modern warships, fishing boats, work boats and small boats and we do kits, kit-bashing and scratch-building. Our modeling projects utilize all construction materials- wood, plastic, resin, metal and fiberglas, in both static and operational formats.

Sherline Products
The miniature lathe folks and machining specialists.

The Smithsonians American Flag Site!
the most comprehensive American Flag site there is. It is a history of the 186 year old flag.

Smithsonian Institute National Museum of American History
Ship Plans from the Smithsonian!

Steel, Chapman, & Hutchinson Ltd.,
Engineers and Builders of Working Model Sailing Ships.

The SubCommittee
Leading submarine modeling organization dealing with both static and R/C operational models.

Subs on Display
This site contains pictures of seven different submarines and plans of old and modern boats.

Swampworks Mfg.
The Worlds ONLY Manufacturer and Supplier of Complete Model Warship Kits, BB Cannon Systems, Bilge Pumps, Hardware, and Accessories for the guys that build RC Combat ships!

Tall Ships Books!
The online shop for readers of nautical fiction and maritime/naval history.

Tallships Unlimited & Miller's Hobbies
Specializing in museum quality Scale Tall Ship Models from around the world.


The Web venue for ship modelers to display and offer their works for sale.

Taubman Plans Service International
The Worlds Largest Collection of Ship Modeling Plans.

Thames Sailing Barge Home Page
A pot pourri of Thames Sailing Barge information compiled by David Renouf.

Three Rivers Scale Model Boat Club
We specialize in radio controlled scale boats but are open to anyone interested in modeling watercraft of any kind, plastic, static display, ships-in-bottle, any scale, sail or powered.

Thomas Bögel's Homepage
Thomas has been building models for over 25 years.


Custom model yachts from pond boat to museum quality.

To build a wooden ship
My intention is to maintain a working online log including photo images of the project which I hope may be of use to others undertaking such a venture and to also assist me in maintaining a good momentum for the work in progress.


Tom's Modelworks on-line catalog.

Towboat Joe's Western Rivers Towboat Models
Here's where you'll find infomation, photos, models, and plans of inland river work boats on the Ohio River.

US Naval Shipbuilding Museum
A great deal of modern navy information, links to a large number of useful sites and the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The place to begin a US Navy warship project.

U.S. Vintage Model Yacht Group
Vintage yacht construction methods are reviewed and sailing techniques discussed, including R/C.

Warrior (of 1781) Group list
Another Yahoo email list group specific to the Warrior of 1781.



The goal of Warship Models Underway is to promote the hobby of radio control warship modeling. Although the content is primarily focused on the warship modeler, there is plenty of information here on buidling a working r/c ship model....



Wood Model Kits of the Chesapeake Bay