Aftermarket- Mixed Media
Rob Taurus- Has a pair of resin, photo-etch, and vacuform update sets for WWII Japanese flying boats.

Aftermarket- Photo-Etch
Eduard- They have some available for the Type VIIC u-boot and USS Fletcher, 1942.
Extratech- They have a growing catalog of aircraft photo-etch.
Owl- They've branched out with a couple items for the PBY-5/5A Catlina.

Aftermarket- Resin
Attack Hobbies- They produce some World War II German resin accessories.
Goffy Model- Czech company that has released three sets for Revell's Tomcat and one for the Tornado.
Owl- They've produced a couple sets for Ju87 kits.
RetroWings- New Line! US Navy and Marine subjects, namely F/A-18C/Ds and Hawkeyes.
Two Mikes Resin- They started a new 1/144 line with a 707 nose correction.
Wolfpack- Produce a E-2 wingfold set and deployed flaps for a Globemaster III. An E-767 conversion is a future project.

Aftermarket- White Metal
Matador Models- They produce aftermarket cockpits.
Scale Aircraft Conversions- They produce metal landing gear for airliners.

Decals
Accurate Model Products- They produce a couple decal sheets for the Type VII u-boot.
Flevo Decal- They specialize in Dutch subjects.
IsraDecal/IsraLine- Just branched into 1/144 with both military and civilian Israeli and Middle Eastern subjects.
Fightertown- Recently expanded into 1/144. Support them!
Jasmine Decals- Japanese company that has produced a pair of decal sheets fot F-18s.
Lift Here! Decals (through Linden Hill Imports)- Serbian company with two sheets of Yugoslavian subjects.
Max Decals- They produce decals for Maersk Air and Aer Lingus.
Owl- They have produced two decal sheets for World War Two Germany.
RetroWings- Source in Europe for Starfighter Decals..
Space System Models- They produce two sheets of decals covering the Apollo and Skylab programs. A sheet for the ISS is in the works.

Display Cases
Custom Display Cases- Good looking cases to help hold that collection.

Kits- Metal
Reviresco- They produce some WWI and WWII aircraft.

Kits- Plastic (Injected)
Academy (through Model Rectifier)- Nice selection of aircraft kits.
Airfix- Long running company recently relaunched.
Airfix USA- The American online source for the classic British kitmaker.
Aoshima- Producers of the Mini-Fighters line.
Attack Hobbies- They produce injection molded kits, primarily of Soviet aircraft.
AZ Models- They produce a growing line of injection molded kits including a wide selection of Fokker Trimotors.
Eduard Models- They make some really nice aircraft kits.
Hasegawa- Recently released an airliner and let's hope it's the first of many.
ICM Holdings- Their catalog includes a couple of nice submarine kits.
Lindberg- An old company who produce a B-1 and have a BB-39 USS Arizona in the works!!
Pegasus Hobbies- Pegasus has a couple 1/144 sci-fi kits available.
Revell-Monogram- The Revell Group is the owner of both brands.

Kits- Resin
Czech Master Resin- They produce resin kits of aircraft.
Fantastic Plastic- Despite the name they produce resin kits of science fiction and experimental and concept aircraft and spacecraft.
Fusion Models- Up and comers with a couple additions to the Heavy Gear series.
Matador Models- They produce a range of airfield equipment.
Owl- They have produced two kits for the V-1 and the Loon missiles.
RetroWings- First kit will be a A4D-1 (A-4A) Skyhawk.
Unicraft- They make a lot of unusual stuff, UAV, Prototype etc.
Wolfpack- Produce an Avro Vulcan B, Mk. 2. Their BAC TSR-2 is discontinued. A Vulcan B.2/K.2 is a future project.

Mail Order
Creative Models Limited- UK based mail order company.
Hannants- UK based hobbyshop and mail order company with an excellent reputation.
Internet Hobbies- Web based in the USA and ships worldwide.
Just Kits & Models- Hobbyshop and mail order company based out of Southampton, UK.
Kingkit- British dealer with a strong second-hand stock.
Micro-Mark- Purveyors of tools, paint, material, and scale landscaping material.
Model Craft- UK based mail order company that specializes in rare or limited run kits. Carries High Planes range.
Model Hobbies- UK based mail order company. Accepts PayPal.s
Pacific Coast Models- Carriers of Lifecolor paints and pigments.
SBX Models- UK based mail order company with a broad selection.
Shrewsbury Model Centre- Shrewsbury, UK hobby shop with a mail order company.
Special East- Mail order company out of France.
Sprue Brothers- Missouri, USA based mail order company.
Squadron Mail Order - They have nearly everything you'd want (based in Texas, USA).
UMM-USA- They offer a variety of kits, tools, refences, supplies, and aftermarket.

Manufacturers
Anigrand Craftworks- A small but growing range of experimental and proposed aircraft
AXM Paper Space Scale Modelling- If you are interested in modelling in paper or in the history of the Space Shuttle, then you're in luck here.
High Planes Models- They offer boxings of Ozmod moldings for different variants and ScaleDown Accessories.
J-Bot Decals- Lots of 1/144 offerings as well as custom work.
Minicraft Models- Very large line of 1/144 aircraft.
Nautilus Models- Known for their resin ship conversions.
Welsh Models- They produce many airliners, decals, conversions, and detail sets.
White Ensign Models- They specialize in ship modelling, producing items for the 1/144 USS Gato.

Material, Paint, and Tool Links

Airbrushes and Related
BearAir Airbrush
Harder and Steenbeck Airbrush
Iwata Airbrushes
Pace Spray Booths
Tamiya- They produce some airbrushes.
Testors- Producers of both Testors and Aztek airbrushes.
Badger/Renegade Airbrushes
Badger Air-Brush Co.
Renegade Airbrush- Badger's Pro line
International Sources for Badger/Renegade Airbrushes
Australia- JB Wholesalers
Belgium- JR Products
France- Scientific France
Germany-RafaelWunsch International
Great Britain- The Hobby Company Limited
Great Britain- J. Perkins Distribution
Greece- Kalfakis
Italy- Amati Modellismo
Netherlands- Model Engineering B.V.
Spain- Belles Arts Feran
Hand Tools
Alpha Abrasives- All of your sanding needs.
Citadel Tools
Coffman- Makers of specialized clamps for corner and butt joints.
Flex-I-File
Humbrol- Has a line of basic tools.Airfix USA is here.
Model Craft Tools
Rulers of the World- Another option for 1/144 scale rulers. Available in English or metric.
The Scale Card- 12 and 24 inch rules available, plus a conversion table for 1/144th scale.
The Small Shop- Known for "Hold and Fold" photo-etch folding tools.
stepSander- Offset sanding tool.
Tamiya- They produce some hand tools.
Testors- They offer a variety of basic hand tools.
ToolsGS
UMM-USA- They offer a variety of useful tools, both from other companies and themselves.
Woodland Scenics- Produce a variety of groundwork construction tools.
Xuron- Makers of a well respected line of handtools.
Zona Tool Company- Makers of all manner of tools, best known for their razor saws.
Material
Albion Alloy- British maker of brass, aluminium, and copper rod, tube, angle, channel and strip. Currently not customer direct, but sold in UK shops..
Aves Apoxie Sculpt
Evergreen- Producers of styrene shapes and sheets.
Gorilla Glue
Jammydog- They make three kinds of masking tape in various widths.
Maus Werx- Producers of landscaping materials.
Plastruct- Makers of plastic stock in various sizes and shapes.
Puritan Medical- They produce more types of cotton swabs and similar items than you could imagine.
Super Glue Corperation
True Scene- Makers of landscaping materials.
Woodland Scenics- Makers of landscaping and railway materials.
Paint and Pigments
Citadel Paints, Brushes, and Washes
Humbrol Paints- Available from Airfix in acrylic, aerosol, and enamel. Many kits are keyed to them. Produces paintbrushes as well.Airfix USA is here.
MIG Productions- Makers of the popular dry weathering pigments, filters, washes, and 502 Abteilung oils.
Tamiya- Acrylic in 23ml bottles and also aerosol cans. There is also an in-house line of brushes.
Testors- Parent company of Testors, Model Master, Floquil, and Pactra.
Vallejo Acrylics- They offer a huge selection of paints, pigments, brushes, and other finishing supplies.
Power Tools
Dremel Motor Tools
Taig Tools- Producers of Mini-Lathes and Mini-Mills.
Software
ScaleConvert- An iPhone app that allows conversion from actual size to scale size of measurements as well as between scales.

Reference Links

Books- Armor
Mushroom Model Publications- They publish a variety of series on the subject.
Panzerwrecks- Publishers of a growing series of wonderfully illustrated armor books.
Books- Aviation
AirDoc Publishing- Home of AirDoc and Double Ugly! Books.
Aviaeology- They have a growing line of books.
The Aviation Bookshop- They supply a large variety of books from Europe, some with non-English texts.
The Aviation Workshop- They publish a number of books, most notably the On Target Series.
BarracudaStudio- Launched new series, Flightline, with a book on the Sea Vixen. The series has a short history and then the pictures sorted by area of the craft.
Dalrymple & Verdun Publishing- British publishers with a large and growing selection of aviation books on the RAF and Fleet Air Arm.
Iliad Designs- Publisher's of Colors of the Falcons about the Soviet Air Force's markings during World War II and makers of a series of specialized paint chips.
IsraDecal- Publishers of a series of books on Israeli subjects.
Linden Hill Imports- North American distributor for three series of German language books on the air forces of post-war Germany: DHS, F-40, and TOM.
Mushroom Model Publications- They publish a variety of series on the subject.
Reid Air Publishing- They have a growing catalog of books on modern American jets.
SAM Publications- They have a respected range of aviation books with the modeller in mind in addition to their magazines.
Specialty Press- Producers of several series of aviation related books.
Valiant Wings Publishing- Publishers of several books devoted to aircraft modelling.
Windsock Publishing- Famous publishers of books documenting the biplane era.
Books- Modelling
Finescale Modeler- (Abbreviated FSM) Offers their modelling books.
HarVar-d Design Studio- Their recent release of the English translation of their urban diorama book is getting good reviews and a volume on natural settings will be out later this year.
Kalmbach Publishing- Publishers of hobby books.
Osprey- Well known publisher with several dedicated series of modelling books.
Books- Multiple Areas
Ampersand- They publish Military Miniatures in Review and several book series, mostly armor related.
Barbarossa Books- A bookseller with a martial bent. They specialize in military subjects and modelling.
Casemate Publishing- Publishers of books on a variety of military topics.
McFarland Publishing- They publish a little of everything with a large section of history and military history books.
Osprey- Well known publisher of military reference books.
Schiffer Books- They have a nice selection of military and modelling books.
Zenith Press- Publishers of books on military and aviation topics.
Books- Real Space/Sci-Fi
ARA Press- Source for space and sci fi related reference materials.
Sci-Fi and Fantasy Modeller- A British publisher for the Science Fiction/ Fantasy and Real Space modeler.
Specialty Press- Producers of a few books on the space programs.
Clubs
AMPS (Armor Modeling and Preservation Society)- Group for all armor enthusiasts, scale and full size. Their journal, Boresight, comes out six times a year.
IPMS-US- This is the American branch of the main modelers' club. They produce a journal six times a year.
Electronic Media
AeroResearch- Their line of CD-Roms furnish libraries of images for all things aircraft related.
Flagship Models- They have a line of instructional CD's on Nautical subjects.
Greg Scholl Video- They've put out several interesting compilations of newsreel archival footage.
Living Warbirds- Videos of modern and classic warbirds, including rare color, WWII footage available on DVD and preview clips on site.
Master Class Models- They produce a growing line of technique DVDs.
Maus Werx- Producers of a couple technique DVDs.
MIG Productions- They offer two technique DVDs, a PDF tip sheet, and two PDF pamphlets on the pigments.
Werner's Wings- They released a couple reference DVDs and resin updates for larger scales.
Woodland Scenics- They offer a series of free video tutorials right on their website on landscaping.
Fellow Modeler's Homepages
Floating "MID" Display- This jaw-dropping technique allows the subject to appear suspending in mid-air, perfect for placing aircraft in their natural element.
Waikong's Hobbies- 1/48 scale modelling- He's helped me with background here. UPDATED October 2010
Forums
Alpha Abrasives- Hosts a modelers' forum.
Finescale Modeler- Has an active forum.
Unofficial Airfix Modellers' Forum- Nice, new forum for all modellers. Gregers, one of the mods, has helped me.
Magazines and Periodicals
Airtime Publishing- Publisher of International Air Power Review and Flightpath.
Finescale Modeler- (Abbreviated FSM) Offers back issues of their magazine.
Kalmbach Publishing- Publishers of FineScale Modeler, Scale Auto, and Model Railroading magazines.
SAM Publications- Umbrella company for Scale Aviation Modeller International, Model Aircraft, and Scale Military Modeller.
Sci-Fi and Fantasy Modeller- A British publisher of magazines for the Science Fiction/ Fantasy and Real Space modeller.

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