For
all-inclusive lists of modeling sites, I highly recommend
the following:
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- 1/76th &
1/72nd Scale AFV Museum - Always has been, and
always will be, the best on the web.
- 1/76th &
1/72nd Scale Artillery Museum - Pat Storto's companion
site to his AFV Museum.
- 1/76th AFV Workshop - Hans van Oerle's site
is actually dedicated to both 1/76th and 1/72nd
scales.
- The 1/72nd Scale Page -Björn Bäcklund's
site.
- 1/72nd Scale Model Census - A catalog of all
1/72nd scale models: aircraft, vehicles, ships,
etc..
- Czapska.com Miniatures - All about modeling
miniature soldiers.
- Dave's Small Worms - From David Bilek,
Czech Republic.
- Good Fellows - by Rinsuke. In
Japanese.
- Henk of Holland - Henk Timmerman from
the Netherlands shows his Military Mastermodels
in 1/76 and 1/72 scale, which he made for several
manufactures such as Ostmodels Australia,
Milicast Scotland, FCM Germany, MGM Germany and
others. The site also has interesting information
of WWII AFV's and is updated regularly.
- IPMS Deutschland - Lots of nice small
scale content.
- KgWings - Primarily an aviation site, but
Keith Goodman has several small scale vehicles as
well.
- Landships - By Peter Kempf.
Devoted to modeling WW I tanks in small scale.
- Luis at War - Miniatures site by
Luis A. Fernández
- MarcoGanghini.com - From Italy
- The MiniatureZone - Devoted to all small
scale armor, figures and dioramas. Has a
discussion group.
- Minitracks Magazine - A bilingual magazine
from France, devoted ENTIRELY to small scale
armor.
- Mondo72 - Small scale modeling site for
AFVs, aircraft and figures.
- Other Soldiers - An Italian site for
1/72nd scale figure modeling.
- Panther Build Blog - Jason Geelong's blog.
- Panzercolor.com - AFV modeling site from
Turkey, with some small scale content.
- Panzermodelling Web - by Joaquín García
Gázquez. Mostly 1/35th, but some 1/72nd as well.
- Pavlikovo Modely - Personal website of
Czech modeler, Jan Pavlik.
- Pedestrian Guide to IDF
Braille Scale Modelling - Growing site with lots of
reference images and kit suggestions.
- Plastic Model Kits - Peter Haupt's site
from the Netherlands.
- Plastic Soldier Review - Reviews of most 1/72nd
scale vinyl figures ever available.
- Polish Armor 1918-1939 - A lot of information
for small scale Polish vehicles.
- Russian 1:72/1:76 Scale
AFV Page
- Russia's top small scale AFV page. Written in
Cyrillic.
- Small Scale AFV Pages - One of my favorite
sites. Milan Vins' personal modeling site.
- Steel Models - by Paolo Capitanio
- Small Scale Armour - Alex Clark's personal
website.
- Small Scale Blog by Pete Twohey.
- Small Scale Scene - with Robin Buckland
from Military Modelling Magazine
- Warped Plastic - Andy Bannister's new
site. Formerly "Carnivorous Plastic"
- WW2 Armor - Lots of small scale
content.
- WW 2 Military Miniatures - 1/72 and 1/76 Small
Scale Models by Tony Ivey. Has a discussion
group.
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| Newsgroups
and Message Boards |
- ACE Models - ACE hosts a discussion
board which can be accessed through the ACE
website.
- MAFVA Website - the new look MAFVA
website, now includes a discussion forum for all
- Minitracks Magazine - You can reach the
message board through the Minitracks website (in
both English and French).
- Braille Scale - Small scale message
board hosted by the Missing Lynx website.
- Small Scale AFV Pages - Milan has set up
several new small scale forums at his site.
- Track-Link Newsgroup - Small scale message
board hosted by the Track-Link website.
- WW 2 Military Miniatures - Small scale message
board hosted by Tony Ivey.
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| For
access to hard-to-find small scale models, try the
following mail order shops: |
- 7thKompany - A new shop in
Portugal. Carries several resin and plastic
companies.
- Atlantis Alliance - 1/76 scale and
smaller.
- Hannants - Very large and well
known shop in London. Carries several lines of
plastic and resin small scale AFV kits.
- HobbyTerra - Carries most eastern
European plastic manufacturers.
- JADAR Models - From Poland.
Distributor of Modelkrak, ARMO, MarS and PART.
Also carry many other European brands. Excellent
selection and great prices.
- Martola Model Shop - From Poland. Many
lines of plastic and resin kits are carried, and
they are the source of NRC resin kits.
- MC Modellbau - In Germany. Carries
many plastic and some resin companies.
- Minute Men Toy Soldiers - From the US. Carries
Hasegawa, Revell AG and several lines of figures.
- Modelimex - From Czech Republic.
Carries most Eastern European brands of both
plastic and resin kits.
- NKR Models - From Australia. One of
the best hobby shops on the web for 1/72nd scale
armor modelers. Very fast and excellent service,
and very low prices. Carries Planet Models,
ExtraTECH, and many plastic kits, such as PST,
AER and ACE.
- PDI Model Supplies - From England. Carries
CMSC, Greif, MIG, and other small scale
companies.
- Roll Models - From the US. Have a
very wide selection of plastic and resin kits.
- Smallscale.de - From Germany. Carries
many plastic companies (including Preiser), and
several rare resin brands too, such as WSW and
Micro-Realistix.
- Squadron Mail Order - One of the largest
shops in the US. Has fairly good selection of
several plastic, and a couple resin, companies.
- Tracks & Troops - From Czech Republic. One of
the best hobby shops on the web for 1/72nd scale
armor modelers. Excellent service and prices.
Carries Al.By, ExoKit, Retromodels, NRC,
ExtraTech, Resin Master, and a whole lot more.
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| There
are a large number of websites focused primarily on
1/35th scale AFV modeling, which contain a lot of useful
information for us small scale builders. While I can't
list them all, the following sites seem to be the most
popular: |
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