Modeling College At Your Fingertips
Whatever your modeling niche railroading, ship modeling, RC, dioramas or static model cars, you will find the Internet offers a whopper of a resource that is as good as a college degree in your phase of modeling. You gain an immense amount of knowledge by frequenting Web forums, message boards and discussion groups that dovetail your interests.
I have found hobbyists who use the forums and discussion groups to be among the friendliest and helpful sources of good, practical information.
These sites are very informative and most offer a tremendous archive of model photos in various stages of completion. It is like having a modeling club right in your living room.
They are virtually a community of regular users who often visit daily to review information and add their comments or post photos and files.
You will find most of these groups allow you to surf through in anonymity, but the most advantages go to those who register with a user name and password giving them additional privileges such as editing their previous posts, starting new topics and controlling their own settings.
I have found these groups to be a valuable addition and have several set up in my favorites listings for daily visits and would like to create a resource of links to the better ones right here. If you have others you have found to be very helpful, please email me a link at: I have found these groups to be a valuable addition and have several set up in my favorites listings for daily visits and would like to create a resource of links to the better ones right here. If you have others you have found to be very helpful, please tell me about them below.
Some
of My Favorite Modeling Haunts |
College
Division |
Specialty |
http://www.rctech.net/forum/index.php |
If you have an RC racing
issue,
this is the place to find the answer |
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/ |
Dedicated
to discussions of building techniques and ideas for craftsman kits |
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/n_scale/ |
This
is the Internet's largest, moderated, email list
for N Scale model railroading. |
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ShipModelers-Forum/ |
The
ShipModelers-Forum is geared toward the inexperienced ship model
builder. |
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/ |
One
of the most prolific forums covering almost anything RC |
http://www.railroad-line.com/ |
Everything
Model Railroading, Great Source of Tutorials |
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NZ120 Not rated yet a group dedicated to modelling New Zealands narrow gauge railway. we use N gauge track to a scale off 1/120th. we have white metal kits and buildings … Click here to write your own.
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