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Are there any ship modeling clubs?

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United States

Massachusetts

USS Constitution Model Shipwright Guild 1st Tuesday of the Month, at the
USS Constitution Museum. 		Ship Model Shop
USS Constitution Museum, Box 1812
Charlestown Navy Yard
Boston, Ma. 02129
Cape Ann Ship Modelers' Guild meet on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PM at the Veterans Center, 12 Emerson Ave, Gloucester, MA
Also meets at 2:00 PM, 4th. Tuesday of the month Maritime Heritage Center, Lower Level, Harbor Loop, Gloucester, MA 		Tony Ashdon, USCG (ret)
Webmaster, Cape Ann Ship Modelers Guild
email
WWW
The Marine Modelers Club of New England (A Radio Controlled Scale Model Boat club of approximately 50 members, based in the Boston, Massachusetts area. ) Meeting schedule varies- most are held at one of the various ponds they run on. Dean Jernstrom
838 Pond St.
Franklin, MA 02038
(508) 520-0340
WWW
Minutemen Model Yacht Club   33 Rustic Rd.
E. Walpole, MA 02032
Jamaica Pond Modelers' Club Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Joe Perez
P. O. Box 222
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Maine

Downeast Shipmodeler's Guild   David M. Blanchard
(Brightwork Clocks & Ship Models at The Artisan's Shop)
87 Pearl Street
Camden, ME 04843
207-236-4793 (shop/day)

New Hampshire

Upper Valley Ship Modelers Guild Meets at the Mary Hitchcock Hospital, in Lebanon, New Hampshire Larry Otoole
WIKI

Connecticut

Connecticut Marine Model Society 2nd Friday of each month at 8:00 p.m., in Maxie Hall, Room 103 at the University of New Haven, New Haven, CT Bill Doolittle
17 Ridgeway Road
Glastonbury, CT
(860) 633-2705

New Jersey

The Ship Model Society of New Jersey 4th Tuesday of each month, Millburn Public Library
 WWW
South Orange Seaport Society
John Gill
5 Mead St.
South Orange, NJ 07079
(201) 770-1784
WWW
Task Force 100   129 Evergreen St.
Mt Holly, NJ 08060-1121
Garden State Model Boaters We meet monthly in Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey.
We’re primarily a radio control club. Members’ interests include a variety of ship types.
The web site includes a “contact us” email.
Jerry Smith, GSMB webmaster.
WWW

New York

Ship Lore and Model Club 2nd Monday of each month Norman Brouwer
South Street Seaport Museum
207 Front Street
New York NY 10038
New York Shipcraft Guild 3rd Tuesday of each month, 7:00 to 9:30 in the model ship workshop, South Street Seaport Museum, 12 Fulton Street, New York, NY Ben Pasantino, President
-or- Dan Pariser
Empire State Model Mariners   Lou Limongelli
144-10 22nd Rd.
Whitestone, NY 11357
Long Island Ship Model Society last Monday of each month, 8pm, Plain Edge Library on Rt. 107, just north of the Southern Parkway at Exit 29N. Bernard Vogelman
894 Iris Drive
North Bellmore, NY 11710-1031
Catskill Scale Model Shipwrights   Joe Callejo
408 A Spillway Road
West Hurley, NY 12491
Buffalo Model Boat Club   Karl Kalb
2960 Pearce Road
North Tonawanda, NY 14120
(716) 731-9717

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Ship Model Society   John Oddo
610-497-2053
WWW
Task Force 50   Thomas Foller
RD #6, Box 56
York, PA 17404
(717) 792-1831
Valley Forge Ship Model Society   Ernest Morris
R.D. #4, Box 82
Spring City Road,
Phoenixville, PA 19460-1848
(610) 948-8107

Maryland

Friends of the Schooner Model Society   Commodore:
Melvin A. Conant
P.O. Box 181
Lusby, MD 20657
weekdays: (202) 289-8970
weekends: (410) 326-6835
Solomons Island Model Boat Club   12642 Cheyenne Ln.
Lusby, MD 20657
Maryland Attack Group Model boating (Mainly R/C combat with the IR/CWCC format) Martin Hayes
1113 Crestview Dr.
Annapolis, MD 21401
St. Michaels Model Boat Club   Commodore :
Robert L. Roberts
P.O. Box 781
Easton, Md. 21601
(410) 822-0943
USNA Ship Model Society   U.S. Naval Academy Museum
118 Maryland Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21402-5034

Attn: Mr. Grant Walker

(410) 293-5261

Model Guild of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum In existence since 1991. Meet regularly on Wednesday mornings from 9 to 12 on the grounds of the Museum in the Mitchell House. Bob Mason
PO Box 47
Bozman
MD 21612
(410) 745-3266
-OR-
The Model Guild of the CBMM
PO Box 636
St Michaels, MD 21663-0636
(410) 745-2916
Washington Ship Model Society 2nd Saturday of each month at 10 AM, alternating between the Maryland and Virginia suburbs.
We were founded in October of 1929. 		Vincent McCullough
WWW
13899 Ferrara Court
Chantilly, VA 20151
(703) 830-3263

Virginia

Washington Ship Model Society 2nd Saturday of each month at 10 AM, alternating between the Maryland and Virginia suburbs.
We were founded in October of 1929. 		Vincent McCullough
WWW
13899 Ferrara Court
Chantilly, VA 20151
(703) 830-3263
Historical Miniatures Modeling Club   Brian Starkes
601 Bond Av.
Chesapeake, VA 23323
(804) 487-3951
Hampton Roads Ship Model Society 20:00 hours, 2nd Friday of each month Alan Frazer
108-G Indian Summer Drive
Yorktown, VA 23693-1034
WWW

North Carolina

Carolina Maritime Society Last Saturday of each month at 2 pm in the North Carolina Maritime Museum North Carolina Maritime Museum
315 Front Street
Beaufort, NC 28516-2125
(919) 728-7317

Georgia

Atlanta Model Shipwrights 2nd Saturday of every month
from 10:00AM until noon, at
HobbyTown USA
3360 Satellite Blvd NW
Suite 14
Duluth, GA 30096 		Neil Hurwitz

Florida

Jacksonville Ship Model Club 2nd Tuesday of each month Jacksonville Maritime Museum
PO Box 24473
1015 Museum Drive, Unit 2
Jacksonville, FL 32207
Central Florida R/C Model Yacht Club
a.k.a The Sunday Sloopers 		Central Florida. Mark J. Muzzone, Commodore
32765
407-234-3375
Email
WWW
Shipcrafters   3300 N State Rd 7
Box C277
Hollywood, FL 33021
North Palm Beach County Model Club   Dan Seaman
119 Brookhaven Ct.
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418
(407) 622-8358
Tampa Bay Ship Model Society 7:00 p.m., 4th Tuesday of each month (except December), in the Lower level of:
Trinity Lutheran Church
411 Fifth St. North
St. Petersburg, FL 		Irwin Schuster, Secretary/Ed
8503 Portage Ave.
Tampa, FL 33647-1707
(813) 866-1442
(813) 270-9066 (Cell)
WWW
Old Frigates Ship Modelers 1st Thursday of each month (352) 854-7713; -or- (352) 854-8147
The Southwest Florida Shipmodeler's Guild We now meet on the 2nd and last Saturdays each month; contact John for details. John Weliver
6552 Highland Pines Cir.
Ft. Myers, FL 33912
(239) 561 5777
-or-
Phil Roach
-or-
Jim McCarthy
Florida Gulf Coast Model Boat Guild Meetings: generally monthly during the day on a Saturday, as announced and as dictated by need, although everyone seems to "hang around" the Maritime Museum at Cortez anyway. Harold Nils Pelta
P O Box 208
Ellenton FL 34222
941-722-9960
Suncoast Ship Model Society of Spring Hill 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month at Weeki Wachee Acres Senior Citizen Club. Corner of Toucan and Susan Drive. Neil A. Brothers
9096 Jena Rd.
Spring Hill, FL 34608
(352) 686-8640
Bay Area Electric Boaters Pinellas county Florida. Eugene Eriksen, Commodore
727-461-4968
Email
WWW

Kentucky

Maritime Modelers Inc. Every 2nd Thursday, Covington Fire Fighters Building, Howell Ave. and 23rd St, Covington KY 7 p.m. Maritime Modelers Inc.
63 Linet
Highland Heights, KY 41076

Ohio

The Cincinnati Model Boat Club   Commodore: David Wedig (513) 573-9708
Vice Commodore: Brian Blazer (513) 941-4013
Treasurer: Walt Brater (513) 481-6697
Secretary: Rich Jones (513) 232-4133
Cincinatti, Ohio
Shipwrights of Central Ohio The meetings are held the second Saturday of each month, from 9:00 to 12:00 AM at the Westerville, Ohio Public Library, 128 South Street, Westerville, Ohio 43081.
Central Ohio is defined as the area 60 miles in any direction from Columbus, Ohio. 		William Nyberg President
614-486-5895
Maumee Valley Model Boat Club Please check the website for a meeting schedule. We are currently meeting at Bob Evans Restaurant on Briarfield Rd. off Dussel Dr. In Maumee Ohio.
 Larry Thiel
WWW

Indiana

The Admirals 2nd Thursday of each month, 6:30 pm, at Nora Public Library, 8625 Guilford Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46143 Dave Hampton
(317) 826-9118

Michigan

Mid-Michigan Scale Model Ship Association Reportedly defunct
Michigan Scale Model Boat Club   WWW
Email "Steve Ebel"

Iowa

Mississippi Bend Model Boaters Began as a club in September of 2003, and takes in the Quad Cities area of Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa as well as Rock Island and Moline, Illinois. Run electric powered scale boats and sailboats every Saturday morning, (weather permitting) from 10:00 AM to noon, at Middle Park Lagoon in Bettendorf. Steve Ebel
16550 290th Street
Long Grove, IA 52756
(563) 349-4033

Illinois

Midwest Model Shipwrights 3rd Wednesday of each month
Community Presbyterian Church
407 Main Street
Mt Prospect, IL 60056 		Bob Filipowski
(847) 394-0757
North Shore Deadeyes The Lutheran Church of the Ascension 460 Sunset Ridge Road Northfield, IL 60093 1st Tuesday of each month, at 7:30pm. Richard K. Williams, M. D.
2924 Acorn Lane Northbrook, IL 60062 (847) 559-8535
Nautical Research and Model Ship Society of Chicago 2nd Saturday of each month. Call for location. Kurt Van Dahm
237 South Lincoln St.
Westmont, IL 60559-1917
(630) 968-3189

Minnesota

Edina Model Yacht Club   Edina Model Yacht Club
Centennial Lakes Centrum
7499 Francis Ave., South
Edina MN

Missouri

Trinity River Yacht Club   Sean Duke
Gateway Model Ship Crafters At the Rock Road Library one Monday evening each month, September through May. Ted Ehrmann
14956 Manor Lake Dr.
Chesterfield, MO 63017-7816
636 256-7160
Kansas City Square Riggers   Paul Gagne
13604 Bennington St.
Grandview, MO 64030-3212
(816) 765-3977

Oklahoma

Tulsa Ship Modeler's Society Oklahoma   Ron Thomson
3742 East 85th Place
Tulsa, OK 74136
(918) 481-3554

Texas

North Texas Ship Modelers Club Meets the last Wednesday of every month, 7-9PM John Bowen
(972) 539-6167
WWW
Gulf Coast Historical Ship Modelers Society (Houston, TX) Meet 2nd Friday every odd month at the Houston Maritime Museum. Wayne Drusch --or--
Charlie Cozewith
Houston Model Yacht Club weekly; they have scale R/C regattas and race 12M and 36/600 yachts. Commodore Ted Cooper
1003 Country Club Dr.
Houston, TX 77469
(713) 342-1658

Colorado

Rocky Mountain Shipwrights meets the third Saturday of every month at Rockler Woodworking & Hardware, 2553 South Colorado Blvd. 9:00 till noon. Wayne Cassell
(303) 347-1714
-or-
Email
WWW

Arizona

The Mesa Model Yacht Club   Email
Mesa, Arizona
The West Valley R/C Mariners   Litchfield Park, Arizona

Utah

The Great Salt Lake Ship Modeling and Research Society The GSLSMRS has its monthly meeting the 2nd Saturday at 1:00 pm. The meeting is held at the Sandy Library, which is about 10100 S. and 1300 E. in Sandy, Ut. Anyone in the Salt Lake area is welcome to join. Ron Wilkinson
PO Box 782
Draper, UT 84020
801) 523-6115

California

Maritime Modelers   Maritime Modelers
2554 Lincoln Blvd., Suite 215
Marina Del Ray, CA 90291
Ship Modelers' Association 3rd Wednesday of each month, 7 pm, Backs Community Blg., 201 N. Bradford, Placentia, CA Bill Russell
19705 S. Moorshire Dr.
Cerritos, CA 90703
Maritime Modelers   3596 Marsh Ave.
Chino, CA 91710
San Diego Ship Modelers' Guild 2nd Wednesday, 7:00 p.m., ferry Berkeley SDSMG c/o Maritime Museum of San Diego
1492 North Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101
Ventura County Maritime Museum Model Guild 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm Mark Bacin, Executive Director
-or- Richard Walton, President
2731 South Victoria Ave.
Oxnard, CA 93035
(805) 984-6260
South Bay Model Shipwrights 3rd Friday of Each Month, at the Stamford Linear Accelerator Jean Eckert
1623 Ben Roe Dr.
Los Altos, CA 94024
(650) 964-0561
WWW
Redwood Empire Model Shipwrights 1st Saturday of Each Month, 10am, Moose Lodge, 2350 Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa Adam Mello
1606 Harley Street
Calistoga, CA 94515-1326
(707) 942-0846
"Tom Bottomley's Group" 2nd Friday of each month, 3748 Stoneglen N., Richmond 510-243-0346
Diablo Model Boat Club   Bill Vanderslick
Diablo Model Boat Club
411 Melinda Court
Pittsburg, CA 94585-3424
(510) 458-4745
Sacramento Model Shipwrights   8933 Park Meadow Dr.
Elk Grove, CA 95624
Hyde Street Pier Model Shipwrights
 Meetings are on the third Saturday of each month at 9:30 a.m. aboard the ferry Eureka Paul Reck
-or-
Leo Kane
or call the Park's volunteer office at (415) 556-1613

Oregon

Portland Model Power Boat Association All club meeting are open to visitors and are held second Thursday @ 7:PM @Tigard Church of God, meeting room.
15670 SW 98th, Tigard OR 		WWW
Noel Bickham 503-771-3343
Nautical Society of Oregon Meets every third Thursday at 7:00 PM, Portland Maritime Center & Museum, in downtown Portland on Naito Parkway,(formerly Front Ave) between Ash & Oak streets. Annual dues: $5.00. Models of all periods. Eric Adams

Washington

Commencement Bay Maritime Modelers 3rd Thursday of each month. See web site for meeting locations.
"Our club is all R/C but we build everything from tugs, ships, subs etc." 		Tom Guglielmo (253) 857-3742
11813 Sorrel Run NW
Gig Harbor, WA 98332
WWW

 
Canada

Nova Scotia

Maritime Ship Modelers Guild Meetings held the first Wed. of the month at 7:30 pm, at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic:
Lwr Water St.
Halifax N.S.
All welcome
The guild has been in existance for aprox 20 years and currently has about 65 members. We are non-competetive and have primarily scale modelers, both static and radio-control. 		C/O Secretary
Jay D Gorveatte
416 Glen Rise
Lwr Sackville, Nova Scotia
Canada B4E 1M3
South Shores Ship Modellers Guild   Don Hardy
P.O. Box 1635
Lunenburg
Nova Scotia, Canada BOJ 2C0
-or- Ralph Getson
P.O. Box 1363
Lunenburg
Nova Scotia, Canada BOJ 2C0

Ontario

Capital Marine Modellers' Guild   Capital Marine Modellers' Guild
192 Mafeking Ave.
Ottawa
Ontario, Canada K1K 2V5
WWW
Metro Marine Modelers Meetings are on the Fourth Friday of the month. Charles Larking
905-277-3938
WWW
Kawartha Marine Modellers
Lindsay Ontario 		Third Friday of the month except July and August
Kartha Lakes Community Living
33 Lindsay St. South
Lindsay, Ont. 		Dan Sinstead
P.O. BOX 173
Bobcaygeon, Ont. Canada
K0M 1A0
705-201-1400
WWW
Provincial Marine 1812 3rd Thursday of each month (except Jun/Jul/Aug) at:
HMCS York, 695 Lakeshore Blvd., West Toronto, Ont., Canada 		Al Griffiths
57 Thicket Rd.
Etobicoke
Ontario, Canada M9C 2C4

Manitoba

Winnipeg Model Boat Club   Bob Russell
(204) 775-9887

Saskatchewan

Saskatoon Model Boat Club   Peter Lamke

Alberta

Alberta Ship Model Association 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7 pm, NMSC NUNSUCH, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Alan Vanterpool
13619 100th Avenue
Edmonton, AB, T5N 0J1, Canada

British Columbia

The Kelowna Model Boat Club   John H. Harland
448 Avery Rd.
Kelowna BC V1W 4H8 Canada
250-764-7364
Victoria Model Shipbuilding Society Second Thursday of each month;
Westview Gospel Chapel Hall
313 Brunswick Place. 		Email
WWW
Box 45083
Mayfair Postal Outlet
Victoria, BC, Canada V8Z 7G9

 
England

North West Model Shipwrights England Saturdays at 11:00 am at Edge Hill Cottage, Chorley Peter Butler
12 Buncer Lane
Blackburn, England bb2 6se


NAUTICAL SOCIETIES

  Contact:

 
United States

Nautical Research Guild
(U. S.) $38.00 membership
Publishes the quarterly journal Nautical Research Journal 		31 Water Street
Suite 7
Cuba, NY 14727
(585) 968-8111
Email
Scale Ship Modeler's Association Of North America
We are a national association of modelers. We have affiliated clubs as well, but our primary focus is the hobby. 		Clubs interested in becoming members should contact:
Bruce Thomas
National Director
International R/C Warship Combat Club Treasurer:
Ronny Hunt
2611 Stratford Drive
Greensboro, NC 27408
Ships-In-Bottles Association Of America Don Hubbard
P. O. Box 180550
Coronado, CA 92178-0550
The SubCommittee
Deals with submarines of all nations and all eras, including Science Fiction. 		Jim Butt
SubCommittee Membership Chairman
P.O. Box 213
Shrewsbury, PA 17361-0213

 
England

Society for Nautical Research
Publishes the quarterly journal The Mariner's Mirror
membership US $50 		Hon. Secretary Derek G. Law, Librarian
King's College London, University of London
Strand
London WC2 2LS
England

-or-

Membership Secretary is:
M P J Garvey FCA
Stowell House
New Pond Hill
Cross in Hand
Heathfield
East Sussex TN21 0LX
England

The Scale Sailing Association The Scale Sailing Association
14 Palace Road
Crouch End
London N8 8QJ
England
Nautical Archaeology Society
Publishes the quarterly journal
International journal of Nautical
Archaeology and Underwater Exploration
in association with Academic press. 		Institute of Archaeology
Gordon Square
London WC1H OPY
England

 
Germany

Arbeitskreis historischer Schiffbau
Publishes the quarterly journal Das Logbuch.

 
Sweden

Foreningen Allmogebatar
Publishes the quarterly journal Trabiten.
Klubb Maritim
Publishes the journal Batologen six times per year.
Marinarkeologiska Samfundet
Publishes the quarterly journal Marinarkeologisk Tidskift.
Sjo Samfundet
Publishes the annual yearbook Forum Navale.

 
Denmark

Kontaktudvalget for dansk maritim historie- og samfundsforskning
Publishes the annual yearbook Martim Kontakt.
Marinehistorisk Selskab
Publishes the quarterly journal Marinehistorisk Tidskrift. 		Marinehistorisk Selskab
Overgaden oven Vandet 58
DK-1415 K&oslas; benhaven K, Denmark

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