Any Ship Builders Around?

I am a ship builder . Do you build plastic kit or wooden kit models ? Or do you scratch build either ?

I haven't been here long but this group is miscellaneous . Don't know where I can find a ship builders' group .

What do you think ?

alt.models.scale.ships , but there isn't much there.

Armorama recently separated the ship builders site to its own domain. It is called Model Shipwrights and is a fairly decent site that is looking for knowledgeable ship modelers to join.

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I like the plastic and the wood. I got away from the ribbed hull methods in favor of a planked-buildup using CAD sometime back. I found a google group -

Try Steelnavy.com or Modelwarships.com. Two very good sites for ship builders only.

Rusty White Flagship Models Inc. flagshipmodels.com

AutoCAD , I wish ! My laptop ( state of the art 3 years ago ) is slowing down now --- I need a new one soon. Your idea about a new group is good . But you must tell people in various fora so they can join otherwise it will have little traffic . In the meantime , hang around here as a poster or lurker - take your pick . Or check out some of the exclusively ship- building groups to complement this one .