Here are some links to various sites I've run across or visit frequently:
Tools
- Byrne's Model Machines - Excellent saw, thickness sander, and disk sander
- Micro-Mark - premier supplier of modelers tools
- Woodcraft - mostly for full-size woodworking
- Penn Tools - a variety of precision measuring tools
- BVM Inc - one online source of hard-to-find Permagrit tools
- Woodcarvers Supply - great carving and flexible shaft tools
- Sherline - lathes and mills
- Japan Woodworker - check out the Michi carving tools- excellent!
- Rio Grande Jewelry Supplies
Model Kit Suppliers
- Model Expo
- Bluejacket Shipcrafters
- Syren Ship Model Co. - a few very nice kits as well as excellent boxwood blocks and rope
- The Bottle Store - this site (that sells bottles) has a guide to building your first ship in a bottle with links to sources and methods
- Historic Ships
- Nature Coast Hobbies
- Jotika Ltd. - UK source for Caldercraft kits
- The Lumberyard - hardwoods, Harold Hahn models, and some interesting kits
- Euromodels
- Wye River Models - Chesapeake Bay workboats
- A. J. Fisher - solid hull kits
- Mountfleet Models
Plans
- H.H "Dynamite" Payson - a couple of great books on modeling work boats with plans available
- Taubman Plans Service
- Ship Plans from the Smithsonian
- WoodenBoat Plans and Kits (mostly for real, full-size boats)
Model Sites
- Marine Et Modelisme D'Arsenal - This site is in French but there are some terrific models here.
- Model Ship Builder - Interesting articles, model photos, resources, and more.
- Model Ship World - similar to Model Ship Builder
- American Marine Model Gallery - models for sale by some true masters
- Model Boats Magazine (UK site)
Real Boatbuilding
- How to Build a Work Skiff (Video series)
- Billy Moore: Chesapeake Boatbuilder (1981) (Video)
- Chummy Rich: Maine Boat Builder (Video)
- How to Make a Cedar Dugout Canoe
- How to Make Your Own Canoe Paddle
- Build Your Own Wood Kayak
Favorite Museums
- Calvert Marine Museum - Solomons, MD
- Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum - St. Michaels, MD
- Deltaville Maritime Museum - Deltaville, VA
- Maine Maritime Museum - Bath, ME
- Mariners' Museum - Newport News, VA
- Mystic Seaport - Mystic, CT
- Newport News Mariner's Museum, Newport News, VA
- Piney Point Light - Piney Pt., MD
- Reedville Fisherman's Museum - Reedville, VA
- San Francisco National Maritime Park - San Francisco, CA
- US Naval Academy Museum - houses the Roger's collection of admiralty models
Miscellaneous
- The Mother of All Maritime Lists
- A Timeline of Ships, Boats, and Yachts - a young modeler recently asked me to add this link because he found it useful. I have no affiliation with HMY Yachts (and couldn't afford one anyway! :-))
- Beginner's Guide to Woodworking Although not model-related, this site has some very nice information for those who are new to woodworking.
- Nautical Fun and History - recommended to me by a teacher who said her high-school students found it to be a valuable resource
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