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Article #419SHIP MODELS
From: John Kopf, X6305
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 21:37
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 21:37
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I'm putting together a listing of Ship model suppliers, clubs, etc.
Here's as much as I've typed in so far:
SOURCES FOR BUILDERS OF WODDEN SHIP MODELS
Abstracted from the list of the South Bay Model Shipwrights
KITS, PL^ANS, FITTINGS, ETC.
Taubman Plans Service International 201-435-5205
11 College Dr., #4G
Jersey City, N. J. 07305
Very complete plan service, books, research info., MAP plans
- Catalog - $6.50 + $3 1st class or $1.50 3rd class shipping;
inquiries - send SASE.
Model Expo, Inc. 1-800-222-3876
P. O. Box 1000
Mt. Pocono Industrial Park
Tobyhanna, PA. 18460-9985
(Specializes in imported plank-on-bulkhead kits, some others,
fittings, books, tools)
Model Shipways Division - (well researched kits - solid hull
& POF, fittings, books specifically covering many of their
models)
Espec. Recommended - "Neophyte Ship Modeler's Jackstay" by
Campbell, and "Historic Ship MOdels" by zuMondfelt)
Combined Catalog - $2.00
Bluejacket Shipcrafters 1-800-448-5567
P. O. Box 425 (207-567-3525)
Stockton Springs, Maine 04981-0425
(solid hull & POF kits, brass & britannia fittings, plans,
wood, books, custom casting available)
Catalog - $2.00
A. J. Fisher 313-541-0352
1002 Etowah Ave.
Royal Oaks, Michigan 48067
(Solid-hull kits, brass ship & yacht fittings, prints, books)
Catalog - $3.00
The Dromedary (lois Roth) 915-584-2445
6324 Belton Drive
El Paso, Texas 79912
(Very complete supply of kits, fittings, plans, books, lumber,
etc.)
Catalog - $6.00
Laughing Whale (INc. Midwest Boats) 207-443-5732
174 Front St.
Bath, Maine 04530-2609
(American work boats, dinghys, dories, catboats, sloops,
half-hull kits; simpler kits make excelent beginner's models)
Catalog - $3.00
North River Scale Models, Inc. 201-328-3833
P. O. Box 426
Dover, N. J. 07802
(POF & solid kits, cannon, linen line, brass & brittiania
fittings, re-issuing Marine Model kits)
Catalog - $3.00
C H Enterprises 805-684-3673
P. O. Box 31146
Santa Barbara, CA 93130-1146
(Kits, books, tools & supplies - "Tattered Ensign")
Catalog - $3.00 (refundable)
Repla-tech International
P. O. Box 461000, Cole Branch
Los ANgeles, CA 90046-4146
(Plans - mostly modern navy - ask for Scale Ship catalog)
Catalog - $3.00
Scale Shipyard
5866 Orange Ave., #3
Long Beach, CA 90805-4146
(WWI-present giberglass hulls, etc.)
Frederick W. Fawcett, Inc. 1-800-289-9276
1338 Ross St., Petaluma, CA 94954
(hard-laid 100% linen rigging line in many sizes)
Sample card - $1.00
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!tymix!bert!kopfj From: kopfj@bert.Tymnet.COM (John Kopf, X6305) Newsgroups: rec.models.scale Subject: SHIP MODELS Message-ID: <3231@tymix.Tymnet.COM> Date: 25 Jan 93 21:37:39 GMT Sender: usenet@tymix.Tymnet.COM Reply-To: kopfj@bert.Tymnet.COM Organization: Sun Microsystems Lines: 89 Nntp-Posting-Host: bert