Ship Modeling FAQ, Part 21/22 (WWW: 17K)

From: kopfj@aimnet.COM (John Kopf) Newsgroups: rec.models.scale,rec.answers,news.answers Subject: Ship Modeling FAQ, Part 21/22 (WWW: 17K) Followup-To: rec.models.scale Date: 21 Jun 1997 08:31:17 GMT Organization: none Expires: 5 Aug 1997 08:24:52 GMT Message-ID: <ship-models-faq/part21_866881492@rtfm.mit.edu> References: <ship-models-faq/part01_866881492@rtfm.mit.edu> Reply-To: kopfj@aimnet.COM Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers) about Ship Modeling. Keywords: shipmodel X-Last-Updated: 1997/06/20 Archive-name: ship-models-faq/part21 Rec-models-scale-archive-name: Ship_Modeling_FAQ/part21 Posting-Frequency: quarterly Expires: Fri, October 3 1997 00:00:00 GMT Last-modified: 13 June 1997 This is the Frequently Asked Questions FAQ (part 21) on ship modeling. Obligatory Disclaimer: The information contained in this message was contributed by individuals, who, unless otherwise indicated, speak only for themselves and not the institutions or businesses they are associated with. The author(s) and editor(s) of this material make no warranties as to the correctness of the information provided. This material should be considered copyright by the author(s). This material may be redistributed for non-commercial use without explicit permission of the author(s) as long as the text is used exactly as is (except for reformatting) and the author(s) is given full written credit for the material. Commercial use requires explicit permission of the author(s). The questions being addressed are listed in part 01 of the FAQ. ################################################### 105. What's available on the WWW? A. LOTS! This section is for WWW (Browser access using Netscape, Mosiac, Lynx, etc.). NOTE: See part 01 for the interpretation of these addresses. NOTE: I record these addresses, but don't necessarily visit them on a regular basis. Thus, I may not know if they "disappear". If you try to access one and it appears to be no longer available, please send me Email at: mailto:kopfj@aimnet.com ; I'll check it out and delete the reference if it's really gone. Thanks. This part of the FAQ has sections labeled: General FAQs On-line Lists of Links to Other Sites Model Boating & Clubs Ship Model Dealers and Suppliers Books and Book Shops Pointers to sites of maritime interest General ======= "Maritime History": a GREAT!!! (and one of the first!) WWW location, maintained by Lars Bruzelius: http://pc-78-120.udac.se:8001/WWW/Nautica/Nautica.html . "The Information Seaway" (Clay Feldman's Seaways' Ships in Scale page) is at: http://www.seaways.com . This site includes the seaways-shipmodeling-list List-server's archive, at: http://www.seaways.com/listarc/index.html . The OFFICIAL Nautical Research Guild site is at: http://www.Naut-Res-Guild.org . ...The Nautical Research Guild has been linking researchers, collectors, and builders of the highest quality ship models for nearly 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. Founded in 1948, The Nautical Research Guild, Inc. is a tax-exempt, non-profit educational organization supported by an international membership. "Building the Model Yacht Turmoil" (A superb set of photographs of the construction of a model by a professional) can be found at: http://www.midcoast.com/~eddy/models/walkthru/workshop1.html . There are five sites devoted to cardstock ship modeling: http://www.wiu.edu/users/mslrc/ , http://members.aol.com/CWIOKSTER/paper.html , http://users.aol.com/pkaeronaut/pkapmdls.htm#Acrobat , http://er4www.eng.ohio-state.edu/~browns/card-faq.html , and http://www.pelta.pol.pl . "From Keel to Truck - De la quille a la pomme du mat - Vom Kiel zum Flaggenknopf - De Quilla a Perilla - Dalla Chiglia al pomo dell'Arbero" = -- an excerpt of captain Paasch's famous dictionary of maritime terms. At: http://www.refer.fr/termisti/data/vergues/index.htm . There's a site for boat modeling in Germany, at: http://www.kaestle.com/private . "The World of the Vikings" This is an excellent guide to Vikings resources on the Internet; also selling a CD-ROM on the Subject: http://www.demon.co.uk/past/vikings . "Viking Navy" home page (thoughts on Viking ships), at: http://www.digalog.com/viking/ . "MC-Link Nautical Home Page", at: http://www.mclink.it/n/nautica/indice.htm (Italian Version). "Merchant Marine and Maritime" (with some nice animations, if your browser can handle them), at: http://www.pacifier.com/~rboggs/ . "Minesweeper" (the game), at: http://www.linc.or.jp/~hamano/game/minesweeper.html "Modelers To Modelers", a new and friendly place for modelers to exchange modeling informations on the Web. Check it out at: http://140.118.103.11/mtm/wwwboard.htm . "Model Hovercraft", at: www.ils.nwu.edu/~eric/hover.html . "Model Power Boat Association", at: http://members.aol.com/ACoburn911/ModelBoats/BoatWeb.htm "NavPhoto" is just what it says it is - the Internet's largest single archive of naval warship images. At the moment, the archive is limited to this century, but it will be expanded to include earlier ships in the not-to-distant future. About 30-35% of the images have never been on the Internet before. This is a viewer-supported resource. If anyone has anything they would like to contribute, they are always happy to post new images. http://www.fxbbs.com/Family/navphoto.html . "Berkeley Digitak Library SunSite" permits you to search a large list of on-line libraries: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/searchsite . "Pop-pop Pages" celebrates the amazingly simple and simply amazing steam toy, the pop-pop boat. At: http://www.nmia.com/~vrbass/pop-pop/ . Thomas Register. Yes! it's online and you can search it too! The URL is: http://www.thomasregister.com/ . The Story of the Titanic, a recapture of the basic facts about the ship and the catastrophy. At: http://www.ida.his.se/ida/~a94hango/titanic.chtml . "Trireme Olympics", at: http://www.eng.ox.ac.uk/~cascrd/trireme.html . "Welcome to Tugboat.COM", at: http://www.tugboats.com . "R/C Submarines", at: http://home.aol.com/dmeriman . "Scale Models Colour Matching", at: http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~dfk/tech/colour.html . "Ships In Bottles Home Page" (From Artem Popov in Russia); mailto:ipartsib@redline.ru : http://194.85.117.36/R_CLUB/H_PARK/SHIP/ship_e.htm . "Live Steam WWWboard" may be of interest to steam-boaters, at: http://www.chaski.com/wwwboards/live_steam . Excellent website, for ferryboat plans and pix: http://www.techpublishing.com/hartford/steambt/steambt.htm . FAQs On-line ============ THIS FAQ can be found at: http://www.seaways.com/faq/faqind.html . "Ship Model Restoration FAQ", at: http://www.capecod.net/shipmodel/faq.html . "Metal Web News" (Metal-working stuff, including that FAQ), at: http://www.ten.k12.tn.us/~wgray . The rec.crafts.metalworking FAQ can be found at: http://PLAINS.UWYO.EDU/~metal/index.html . The rec.models.scale FAQs are available at: http://www.dtm-corp.com/~sven/models/rms_tips/rmsfaq.1.html . The rec.woodworking FAQ can be found at: *NEW* http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/roche/wood.html . "R/C Warship Combat FAQ", at: http://www.paranoia.com/~filipg/HTML/RC/F_Ship_Kombat.html . Almost all FAQ's can be accessed via the WWW. The main WWW FAQ archive site is at: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/FAQ-List.html Lists of Links to Other Sites ============================= Lars Bruzelius also has additional resources at: http://pc-78-120.udac.se:8001/ , ...one of which is a set of pointers to other maritime sites at: http://pc-78-120.udac.se:8001/www/Nautica/Pointers.html .) "Call me Fishmeal", at: http://www.well.com/www/pk/fishmeal.html . "48^ North - The Northern Sailing Magazine", at: http://www.gosailing.com/ "Gary Kemper's Ship Model Links", at: http://users.deltanet.com/users/gkemper/ship.html . "A Guide to Maritime History Information on the Internet", at: http://ils.unc.edu/maritime/home.html . "Guide to Museums and Cultural Resources on the Web"; (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County); links to (general) museums, at: http://www.lam.mus.ca.us/webmuseums . Index to underwater archaeology resources on the Internet, with some very useful information about Scuba diving and other underwater archaeology. Its URL is: http://fiat.gslis.utexas.edu/~trabourn/underwater.html Larry Barker's "Boating", at: http://www.teleport.com/~lgbarker/boating.html . "Mark Rosenstein's Sailing Page", at: http://community.bellcore.com/mbr/sailing-page.html . "Museum Information"; at Oxford, UK; links to (general) museums, at: http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/other/museums/info.html ; they also have Virtual Library Museum site at: http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/museums.html . "The Starting Point for Sailing on the Internet"; mostly pointers to other well known sites. at: http://gpu.srv.ualberta.ca/~sjones/index.html . "Tall Sailing Ships", a collection of pointers to individual ships, at: http://www.novagate.com/~schoonerman/tall.htm . "TOP 10 WEB RESOURCES for rec.models.scale"; pointers to other sites. at: http://www.phoaks.com/phoaks/rec/models/scale/ . Model Boating & Clubs ===================== "Art's Home Page" (includes RC boats), at: http://www.biddeford.com/~agertlof/ . "Bay Area Electric Boaters" (Tampa Bay, FL - Musical!), at: http://members.aol.com/rcboats/index.html . "CY Online" (Canadian Yachting magazine), is proud to announce its partnership with the CANADIAN RADIO YACHTING ASSOCIATION, at: http://www.canyacht.com/canyacht . "R/C Electric Mono & Hydro Racing" page from Germany: http://user.aol.com/matthiasbo/index.html . "Empire State Model Mariners", at: HTTP://members.aol.com/esmm/esmm.htm . "Friends of the Schooner Model Society", at: http://www.netcharts.com/schooner/ . "Guildford MYC", at: *NEW* http://gmyc.home.ml.org . "St. Michaels Model Boat Club", at: http://www.netcharts.com/st.michaels . "Gig Harbor Model Yacht Club", at: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Kelly_Martin . Ruben King has a web page at: http://www.compdata.com/~reuben/ . "Le Club Contrex Modelisme" parle enormement de bateaux modele reduit sur son site Pas beaucoup de voilier mais ca va venir. At: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bebel/homepfr.htm . "Maryland Attack Group" (mainly R/C combat with some scale and some sail) see National IR/CWCC site at: http://www.netcharts.com/warship/ . "Model Boats", at: http://www.bendigo.net.au/~jstein/mboat.html . "Miniature Ship Models", 1:2400 and 1:3000 scale waterline ships, at: http://www.cabm.rutgers.edu/~hooper/miniatures/bill/navmod24.html . "The Mesa Model Yacht Club" (Mesa AZ) intends to offer helpful information about building and sailing model yachts, at: http://www.ionet.net/~mmyc ; mailto:mmyc@juno.com . "Vicious {varies}" (musical!), at: http://www.tiac.net/users/pmcg/boat.html . "Portland Model Power Boat Association - Portland, Oregon", at: http://www.rdrop.com/users/jimw/pmpba/ . "The Home of the Big Gun R/C Warship Combat", at: http://www.pacificnet.net/~rkehr/big-gun1.htm . "Radio Friendship", at: *NEW* http://www.mygale.org/10/rfgroup/model . RC-Boat site at: http://www.in.net/rc-boat/ "RC-Sailing Infocenter" (RC Sailboats, from Finland), at: http://honeybee.helsinki.fi/surcp/rcsail.htm . "Ship Modelers Association" homepage can be found at: http://www.ship-modelers-assn.org/ "Ship Model Society of Northern New Jersey", at: http://members.aol.com/smsnnj/web/index.html . "Shipmodeling Page"; Paolo Pizzi includes a list of plastic and resin kits, and brief reviews from model builders on them. Any model builder is free to contribute. The list is at: http://home.earthlink.net/~timeelapsed/ . "South Bay Model Shipwrights", at: http://home.earthlink.net/gswiercz1/webdocs/sbms.html . "South Okanagan Battle Group", R?C naval combat in Canada; at: http://alpha.ftcnet.com/~wayneg/SOBG/index.html . "Task Force 72"; A group of RC ship modellers in Australia, who build scale warships at a constant 1/72 scale have set up a page of info at: http://www.healey.com.au/~mkear/tf72.html . Tor Ole has a website (about billings boats), at: http://home.sn.no/~tranden/index.htm . "Trinity River Yacht Club" (Texas), at: http://dallasne.quik.com/psage/ . "U.S. Vintage Model Yacht Group". at: http://www.swcp.com/usvmyg "The Binnacle"; the Victoria (BC) Model shipbuilders have a (musical) website at: http://www.pacificcoast.net/~davewinter/vmss.html . The Wearside Model Boat Club now has its own Web page, at: http://www.plasma.co.uk/carl . "WEST VALLEY R/C MARINERS", at: http://www.primenet.com/~kndbrd/ . "MYA Home Page", The UK's Model Yachting Web Site; at: http://ourworld.Compuserve.com/Homepages/Rob_Vice/ . Chuck Zender has a very nice model boating home page, dealing mostly with powered scale model modern warships and boats. At: http://www.cyberhighway.net/~czee/ . "UltraHot RC". at: http://www.ultrahot.com . Ship Model Dealers and Suppliers ================================ "Bayou Boats Scale Models", Owned and Operated by Nick Rosselli, Kenner, LA 70065 (504-443-2268); at: http://www.gna.com/customers/bayoub/bayoub.htm . "Cape Cod Scale Watercraft", at: http://www.capecod.net/shipmodel/ . mailto:whaler@aol.com "Down Memory Lane" features ships, sailing vessels, and ocean liners in prints, model kits, books, memorabilia. At: http://www.shipsahoy.com . "Floating Drydock" has a page at: (mailto:drydock@postoffice.ptd.net) http://www.usbusiness.com/drydock/ . "FX Models"; operational and static miniatures for movies/productions and sale of submarine kits for display/operation. At: http://www.thenerve2.com/fxmodels . Here are three links to hardwood and "exotic" wood suppliers: http://www.hardwoodint.com , http://www.metrolink.net/quality/qwsmain.htm , http://www.commerce.com/badger/pricelist.html . "Hobby World" in Montreal has a web page at: http://www.hobbyworld-inc.com/ ; in particular, Tool section: http://www.hobbyworld-inc.com/maintool.html ; Ship fittings: http://www.hobbyworld-inc.com/mainship.html . contact at: mailto:hobbywld@odyssee.net . "King RC Online Hobby Shop", at: http://www.twinds.com/kingrc/kingrc.htm . "Kiyo Designs, a fabric store in Annapolis MD, will be stocking cotton material suitable for model sailmaking, subject to availability and demand. At: http://www.kiyoinc.com/fabric.html . "Lone Star Models", at: http://www.lonestarmodels.com . Metal Buyers Mart is your source for small quantity metal at: (for catalog, mailto:MBMDAN@aol.com) http://www.execpc.com/~metal . "METZLOFF MODEL YACHTS", Fine Yacht Models and Trophies; at: http://www.torresen.com/kyle.htm . "The Model Dockyard. The Scale Model Ship Specialists", at: http://www.dockyard.co.uk . "Model Expo", at: http://www.modelexpoinc.com . "MWD & Associates", at: http://www.cen.uiuc.edu/~jpreusse/rc-boat_html . "Nature Coast Hobby Shop" mail order historic wood ship models, at: http://naturecoast.com/hobby . Catalog at: http://naturecoast.com/hobby/catalog.htm . "Nautica On Line" (Nautica is the first Italian yachting magazine (over 30 years old) and Nautica On Line was the *first* italian yachting magazine - perhaps the first in Europe - to go on the Web.) At: http://www.mclink.it/nautica/magazine/ . "Nautic 1: Scale Model Ships: INDEX", at: http://www.nautic1.com/scale_model_index.html . "North Coast Modelworks", at: mailto:modelworks@stratos.net http://www2.stratos.net/modelworks/ncoast.htm . "Pacific Front Hobbies Web page", at: http://www.pacificfront.com . "Plans of the Schooner Evelina M. Goulart, with Notes", by Erik A.R. Ronnberg, Jr., at: http://k12.oit.umass.edu/masag/3208r.html . "Seaworthy Small Ships" produces a line of unique, inexpensive, and educational wooden pond model boat kits. They are a company in southern Maryland (western shore) which produces "model" ships which are childrens pond boats. The hulls are mainly solid construction with add on details, masts and rigging. The are meant to be "representations" of boats rather than true models. At: http://www.azinet.com/seaw.html . "Ship models and Nautical salvage" at: http://www.seajunk.com/nautical . One of the best known makers of plastic kits is now on the web. They do produce some ship models in plastic. Their website also announces new kits and reissues. http://www.revell-monogram.com . Ship in Bottle Kits", at: *NEW* mailto:Binikowski@aol.com http://members.aol.com/Binikowski/welcome.htm . "SHIPMODEL.COM -The American Marine Model Gallery", at: http://www.shipmodel.com/ . "Squadron Mail Order's Home Page"; this is a supplier of plastic kits (aviation, armor, and modern warship) they also publish books and sell other modeling supplies. They import a lot of kits from eastern europe. At: http://www.squadron.com "Swampworks" (R/C Model Warship Combat), at: http://www.kutz.com/swampworks/ . You will find the Traplet Publications site (publishers of Marine Modelling) at: http://www.traplet.co.uk/traplet/ ...and specifically 'Marine Modeling' is at: http://www.traplet.co.uk/traplet/MMM.html . "Victor Model Products", makers of the AMYA Soling 1 meter and *NEW* many other kits is at: (mailto:VictorMP@victor-model.com ) www.victor-model.com . "Welcome to East Coast Model Center" (primarily RC models), at: http://www.peinet.pe.ca/ECMC/ . "Woodcraft" (lumber, including "Micro-Thin Lumber. This extra-thin stock (1/16" - 3/8") is cut to size from quality, kiln-dried stock, 100% clear and sanded on both sides." At: http://www.woodcraft.com/pages/woodshop.htm . "The Woodworking Catalog", at: http://www.woodworking.com/ . Books and Book Shops Abebooks, at: *NEW* http://www.abebooks.com . "Amazon Bookstore" -- The main page indicates that they have over 1,000,000 books. It is easy to search. At: http://www.amazon.com/ . "Armchair Sailor" in Newport, R.I.; Charts, Maps, at: http://www.seabooks.com . "Bolen Books" in Canada, a good source for UK books unavailable in the US, at: http://www.bolen.bc.ca/ . "BookEST service on the web", at: http://www.bookestinc.com/ . "The Patrick O'Brian Page", at: http://www.princeton.edu/~joes/surprise.html . "Databoat", boat plans and marine related books. At: http://www.databoat.com . "Naval Institute Press", at: http://www.usni.org . "Powells Books"; they have a large selection of new and used books. You can search the store in various subjet areas. At: http://www.powells.com . "Stone & Stone Second World War Books"; includes lists of new books, lists of books in the site owners' personal inventory, lists of book publishers, a sell-your-books service, numerous links to other book- related sites, and a free world-wide book search. At: http://www.sonic.net/~bstone/bookdeal.html , or mailto:bstone@sonic.net . "Warsash Nautical Bookshop" (in England), at: http://www.aladdin.co.uk/wnbooks/ . There's another site with nautical books at: *NEW* http://www.by-the-sea.com/nautical/ctccat.html . Pointers to sites of maritime interest ====================================== "The Cunard Archives" (University of Liverpool), at: http://www.liv.ac.uk/~archives/cunard/chome.htm . Harland and Wolff, the builders of the Titanic/Olympic/Britannic trio, have a web site at: mailto:hwtech.serv@dial.pipex.com http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/hwtech.serv . "The Knotting Dictionary of Kannet", at: http://www.netg.se/~jan/old_knot.htm . "Beej's Pirate Image Archive" at: http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~beej/pirates . "Peabody Essex Museum", at: http://www.pem.org/ ...includes: "Marine Paintings & Drawings". A marvellous collection of 80 marine paintings from the collections of the Essex Peabody Museum, Salem, MA, USA. These pictures are well-known to anyone who have studied the beautiful catalogues of the collection by the Brewingtons and P.C.F. Smith. At: http://www.pem.org/maritm3.htm "The Marine Art Information Center" is a picture gallery of marine watercolours and paintings supplemented by information on auctions,galleries, reference materials and museums focusing on maritime art. Also included are WWW entry points for marine art, photographs and sounds. At: http://www.marineart.com . "The Nautical Mind" Marine Booksellers and Chart Agents, at: http://www.nauticalmind.com/ . CONTINUED IN PART 22

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