Shearwater Boats links for modelers

These are some of the sources I have found useful.

If you know of any other interesting sources, let me know.

Product Sources:

1. Stuart Models, Braye Road, Guernsey, Channel Islands, GY3 5XA, Great Britain. Manufacturer of steam engine model kits and supplies.
2. Graham Industries, manufacturer of a nice small steam engine kit suitable for marine models on the order of 36"long.
3. Cotswold Heritage Ltd, manufacturer of steam engine models and kits
4. Harbor Models, sells many large scale boat kits and equipment including the Saito Steam Engine and scale propellors.
5. Hobby Lobby International, 5614 Franklin Pike Circle, Brentwood, Tennessee, 37027 (615)-373-1444. Suppler of radio controlled hobby products including a line of interesting boats, some of which are steam powered.
6. Tower Hobbies, P.O. Box 9078, Champaign, Illinois, 61826, (800)-637-4989. Suppler of radio controlled hobby products, some nice boat kits. Tower's links page
7. Dumas Boats, 909 East 17th Street, Tucson, Arizona, 85719, (520)-623-3742. Manufacturer operational model boat kits and equipment including a nice tug and paddle steamer.
8. Squeedunk Kayaks Model Birch Bark Canoes, nice page showing the construction of a model birch bark canoe
9. Midwest products manufacturer of quality wood and model kits
10. Hobby Barn Supplier of radio controlled hobby products including Dumas boat kits and accessories.
11. Instant boats, Dynamite Payson's web-site has a number of plans available for boats like a banks dory, trawler sailboats and more
12. Across the Pond, Has many unusual models both display and operational from Europe and the USA.
13. Mystic seaport, Always a great source of information and inspiration. They have plans and a good research library.
14. The Adirondak Museum Famed for its collection of watercraft including canoes, Guide boats and lake sail boats. Has plans for small craft. 
15. Tippecanoe Small Sailboats Sailing pond models sold as kits or finished boats.
16. Aero-Naut International a German based hobby store which carries Saito steam Engines
17. Steam Ship Photos vintage and contemporary photos of steamships, tugs, liners and more

 

Clubs

1. Vintage Model Yacht Group, A group of sailors of model yachts
2. American Model Yachting Association, The AMYA is devoted to promoting the designing, building, racing, and preservation of all model sailing yachts.

Books and Magazines:

The following books can be purchased through your local bookstore or click to learn more through Amazon, where you can also purchase the books.

On the Hawser, a Tugboat Album by Steven Lang and Peter Specter, Down East books, Camden, Maine, 1980. The best source of information and photos of U.S. tugs that I know of.

Schooners and Schooner Barges by Paul C. Morris, Lower Cape Publishing, Orleans, Massachusetts, 1984. Lots of information about coastal schooners, barges and towing during the late 19th century and early to mid twentieth century.

Building Classic Small Craft by John Gardner, International Marine, Camden, Maine, 1977. History and details of the construction on a number of small craft.

American Small Sailing Craft by Howard I Chappelle, W.W. Norton, 1951. Descriptions and figures of American small craft.

The American Fishing Schooners by Howard I Cappelle, W.W. Norton, 1995. Detailed descriptions and figures of New England fishing schooners. Plenty of detail to build a model from.

Boatbuilding, A Complete Handbook of wooden Boat Construction, by Howard I Chappelle, W.W. Norton, 1994.

The Dory Book by John Gardner, Mystic Seaport Museum Publications, 1987. Detailed descriptions of dorys and how to build them.

The Dory Model Book by Harold "Dynamite" Payson, His web site