A well-established and exhaustive list of all things maritime, from Academies to Zumbras. Well categorized and a great starting point for researching more obscure topics. An occasional dead link, but no more than you'd expect from such a massive compendium. Excellent.

The Information Seaway is the home port for Seaways' Ships in Scale magazine, the leading workshop and research magazine for the ship modeler. It is also Seaways Publishing's cyberspace center for our shipmodeling education and information system. In both the magazine and on the Web, we explore all levels of modeling experience, all types of ships, all kinds of models, all historical eras and all construction materials. Includes research center, commercial resource list, forums, and more. Don't forget to visit the Seaways SIS forum in Yahoo!Groups!

Provides in-depth answers to many frequent questions, including Preparation, Hull, Details, Painting, Rigging, Research, Clubs, Resources, and more. Excellent starting place for the beginner looking for some direction, but also useful for those more experienced in the craft as well.

A Japanese shipmodeling club with branches all over the country, members of The Rope consistently craft some of the finest models to be seen anywhere. The Rope sent a delegation to the 2004 Western Ship Model Conference, where models like Katsuji Tsuchiya’s Le Fleuron wowed crowds with beautiful joinery and superb craftsmanship. The website is primarily in Japanese, but a substantial portion is in English.

The Ship Model Society of Northern New Jersey, with more than 80 members, is the only association in the Garden State dedicated to historically accurate, scale ship modeling. Our members include both professional and non-professional builders, naval artists, authors, and maritime historians. Our interests cover the entire spectrum of maritime subjects, from Viking longboats to nuclear submarines. The club members primarily build static display, but also some radio control steam, electric and sail.

Originally intended as a discussion and email list for scratch builders of sailing ship models working to the plans of Jean Boudriot and Harold Hahn, the list now includes members building glass fiber hulled and radio controlled models alongside the traditional plank on frame static models that have been with us for hundreds of years. Members of the list are working from plans to create scratch built models as well as building and modifying kits purchased from around the world.

The group produces an excellent quarterly on-line ship modeling magazine called Warships to Workboats, available free.

An international list of modeling resources of every stripe.

Many modelers were first introduced to SEP at the 2003 NRG show in Chicago. SEP offers a mind-boggling array of tools useful to anyone doing finely detailed work. Expect to share your catalog with family members doing jewelry, beading, electronics, or other hobbies! SEP also offers a number of hard-to-find products, making this a good starting point for locating more obscure tools. Their products are exceptional quality. the prices are quite good, and the service prompt and friendly. Highly recommended.

As recommended by Phil Krol as an additional source for silver solder supplies and modeling tools.

Lee Valley Tools has been meeting the needs of serious woodworkers and gardeners for over 25 years as one of the leading mail-order and retail suppliers of woodworking tools, gardening tools, and cabinet hardware. Veritas® Tools continues to be one of the most innovative hand-tool design firms in the world, producing unique and high-quality products. Unusual selection of rare book reprints along with useful bits like their watchmaker cases (great for organizing small parts). Beautiful products, great service.

The Lumberyard has been supplying wood specifically for the model shipbuilding community for over 20 years. They can provide both rough and milled stock by the linear foot, and their stock covers everything from Aformosia to Zircote. The Lumberyard also sells complete timber kits for Harold Hahn models and wood for most of the practicums currently offered. An essential resource.

A&M boasts one of the broadest inventories of exotic woods in North America. While geared more towards the furniture and architectural woodworker, the wide range of veneers and smaller wood sizes can easily be adapted for the small scale modeler.

Plans, kits, fittings, and more. Strong emphasis on scale R/C, provides technical support along with electronics, steam engines, and an online forum.

Described as a site for "you if you love the sight of the schooner at sea", Schooner Man boasts an A-Z listing covering many schooners both extant and extinct. More breadth than depth, but it's a great starting point for that schooner model!

This site is run by a descendant of the great Donald McKay who has recently updated the site with extensive pictures. Some 72 segments cover the history of the extreme clippers in pleasing prose, with individual sections for each clipper (often including transpositions of the original newspaper accounts of their completions). Highly recommended for anyone with even a passing interest in these vessels.

The Chicago Maritime Society was founded in 1982 to research, educate, and celebrate Chicago’s maritime heritage. The society focuses on travel and commerce on the Great Lakes, Chicago as a port city, and the inland waterways and canals of the midwest.

The Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago is a volunteer, not-for-profit organization dedicated to the study and preservation of Lake Michigan shipwrecks and to research topical underwater subjects of historical interest surrounding this great lake. Includes the Adopt-A-Shipwreck (SM) program.

The Association for Great Lakes Maritime History is an international organization of museums, historical societies, libraries, archives, and individuals interested in preserving Great Lakes maritime history. The AGLMH holds an annual meeting, publishes a newsletter, and encourages research and the dissemination and exchange of information among members.

Founded in 1978 by a group of teachers, historians and divers, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS) has earned its reputation as a leading professional maritime organization through careful planning and quality of programs and services.

Online database containing over 4,200 shipwrecks in the Great Lakes (also available by CD-ROM). Magnificent.

An ongoing experiment in the design of a digital library, a collection of documents intended to be of value to those researching Great Lakes History. Extensive photo library, many from Walter Lewis’ personal collection.

The Chicago Historical Society is a privately endowed, independent institution devoted to collecting, interpreting, and presenting the rich multicultural history of Chicago and Illinois, as well as selected areas of American history, to the public through exhibitions, programs, research collections, and publications.

An interesting interactive map of Wisconsin area shipwrecks in Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. Well-designed

Website for the Nautical Research Guild. The NRG is an international organization of ship modelers, maritime artists, nautical archeologists and historians. The site includes an extensive research resource list, notes on construction techniques, and a number of other services (including Model Repair).

The SSMA promotes the hobby of radio control and static ship modeling. We encourage all types of model boating in electric, sail, and steam power as well as the building of plastic and wooden static models. SSMA is comprised of clubs and individuals throughout North America and acts as a clearing house for information concerning the modeling industry. SSMA works with the modeling industry to address the needs of the modeling community (including hosting this site!)

Wanna build your own sub? Fullscale? This is the place. PSUBS is the the Personal Submersibles Organization site, the first resource for anyone planning to build their own sub. Here, you'll find links to the Frank Busby classic Manned Submersibles, reports and images of current and past projects from all around the world, and an extremely active mailing list. Absolutely cool.

Practical information on proas, sailing canoes, Chinese lugsails (including ones fashioned from tarps!), and plywood boats. Includes a well-choosen selection of eBooks (all public domain) including MacGregor's classic accounts of the Rob Roy. Also has some good information on junks and canoes.