Links

Club Members Pages

Steve McKenzie
some photos of his HMCS Rosthern.

Peter Ziobrowski
Many Photos of club events, and His Projects.

James Amundson Images
Jim takes many photos at RNM outings, amongst other subjects.

Some reliable sources of R/C supplies

Model Solutions
An Ottawa company specialising in electronic products for the model boat market.

Vangard Model Marine
Detailed construction plans for many Canadian warships and government vessels.

The Hobby Center
A great source for all you modeling needs.

Discount Hobbies (eMail)
A source of R/C supplies in Ottawa's East end.
Telephone: 830-2373.

Dynamic Hobbies
A source of R/C supplies in Ottawa's South end.
Telephone: 225-9634.

Multi Hobby
A great shop, in Gatineau, they carry a large selection of RC Supplies.

Lowell Briggs Hobbies
A dependable mail order R/C boat supplier in Nova Scotia.

Great Hobbies
Canada's largest mail order radio control dealer. A favourite of Rideau Nautical Modeller members.

JBOT Decals
Your source for all manner of Canadian Decal Sets

Personal/Project Pages

Pat's Pages -R/C Models
Various Projects - including a scratch built DUKW

David Manning's Model Warship Workshop
An Aussie who builds Canadian 1:72 Warships

Museums/Institutions

HMCS Haida
WWII Tribal Class Destroyer

HMCS Sackville
Canada's Naval Memorial.

The Maritime Museum of the Great Lakes
Located in Kingston, Ontario, the museum offers an excellent archives and research library.

The Canadian National Library & Archives
The National Archives have builder's drawings of Canadian naval and government ships. Drawings are not listed on-line, but you can e-mail your request.

Art of the First World War
An international exhibition War Art from WWI

Help - Hints and tips

IPMS HelpDesk
Many Hints and tips for improving your modeling

Scale Drawings Conversion Chart
Have drawings in one scale, and building in another? This chrat will tell you the photocopier enlargement to use.

RC Groups Discussion - Boats
A Forum read by many of our members. lots of good advice

Reference Sites

Canadian Navy Badges
Images of Canadian Navy Ship Badges.

Titanic Model Page
Want to build a model of the RMS Titanic? This is the official site of the Titanic Research & Modeling Association.

Flower Class Corvette
Bob Pearson's excelnt flower refference site.

Hazegray Canadian Naval Pages
A site devoted to the ships of the RCN

The Nautical Research Guild
Thousands of links to sites, and a good place to research ships and learn how to make models.

CASR DND 101 - Naval Forces
basic information about all the vesels of the Canadian Navy

Boat Plans
A listing of various boat plans. (Some free)

Other stuff

Armorama.com:: Military Scale Modeling Community
An excelent source for all your Millitary Modeling Questions.(With Extensive Photo Galleries)

ModelWarships.com
A site with a huge member submited gallery of projects.

The Complete R/C Websites Index
A huge index with tons of Canadian links.

The Mother of all Maritime Links
Ok. This is the big one.

The Digital Navy
This site has paper ship models to download.

Theodore Tugboat
This is Theodore Tugboat's home page.

The Radio-Controlled Duck Website
Just when you thought you have found everything about R/C boating on the web ....

Canadian R/C boat clubs

ALBERTA

Calgary

Calgary Model Boat Racing Association
42 Armstrong Cres. S.E.
Calgary, Alberta T2J 0X3

Edmonton

Edmonton Model Boat Racing Association
8719 160 St.
Edmonton, Alberta T5R 2H4
(403) 483-8392

Spruce Grove

The Alberta Ship Model Society
#205, 211 Church Road,
Spruce Grove, Alberta T7X 3J8

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Burnby

Burnby Association of Marine Modelers
John Tarvin
5209 Rumble Street
Burnby, British Columbia V5J 2B7

Kelowna

Kelowna Model Boat Club
John Harland
448 Avery Road
Kelowna, British Columbia V1W 4H8
(250) 764-7364

Vancouver Island

Parcum Mariners Model Boat Club
Nisbet P. Patfield
78 Magnolia Drive
Parksville, British Columbia V9P 2P6

Victoria

Victoria Model Shipbuilders Society
Box 45083 Mayfair Postal Outlet
Victoria, British Columbia V8Z 7G9

Windermere

Lake Windermere R/C Electric Boat Club
Dwayne Zahara
Box 415
Windermere, British Columbia V0B 2L0
604-342-6217

MANITOBA

Winnipeg

Winnipeg Model Boat Club
Bob Russell
142 Hearne Ave.
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3J 2R3
204-837-4040

NEW BRUNSWICK

Saint John

Saint John Marine Modelers Association
John Weeks
 

NOVA SCOTIA

Halifax

Maritime Ship Modelers' Guild
John Anderson 429-8210

ONTARIO

Barrie

Barrie Model Yacht Club
Roger Hauka
176 Hanmer St.
Barrie, Ontario L4N 7J8
705-725-0194

Belleville

Bay of Quinte Marine Modelers
Don Dodge
51 Highland Avenue
Belleville, Ontario K8P 3R2
(613) 967-1219

Etobicoke

Provincial Marine 1812
Al Griffiths
57 Thicket Road
Etobicoke, Ontario M9C 2C4

Hamilton

Confederation Marine Modelers of Hamilton
John Thombs
55 Cardinal Drive
Hamilton, Ontario L9A 4H6
(416) 383-1244

Ottawa

Capital Marine Modelers Guild
Dave Omond
192 Mafeking Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario K1K 1K7
(613) 749-2604

Rideau Nautical Modellers
Tony Mitchelson
960 Wingate Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1G 1T1
613-526-8669

Thorold

Niagara Marine Modelers
Gary Archer
16 Baxter Crescent
Thorold, Ontario L2V 4R6
416-227-8110

Toronto

Metro Marine Modelers
Bob Farrant
2211 Sheroboe Road
Mississauga, Ontario L5A 2H5
416-270-0874

Waterloo

Golden Triangle Marine Modelers
Dave Gillespie
24 Erbsville Road
Waterloo, Ontario N2J 3Z4
519-747-0854

International R/C Boat Clubs

The subcommittee
An International club of Submariners, with chapters all over the world.

Australia

TaskForce 72
TASK FORCE 72 HQ
PO Box 508
Forestville NSW 2087
Australia

Australian Battle Group
Bill Kirwan
bkirwan@webone.com.au
(02) 6288-3718
 

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