| Those are really neat! Who are some of the manufacturers, and do they have websites? |
Many of the producers don't have web sites. Most of them are not web savvy folks. Here are some that do:
Navis-Neptun: Biggest producer offering a wide range of warships from both world wars. They set the standard for quality that everyone is measured against.
Albatros: Produces two series. AL series of ocean liners, passenger ships, and freighters and the ALK series of modern warships of Germany, Holland, the Great Britain.
Argos: Modern warships concentrating on the US Navy.
CM: Hamburg based CM produces mostly commercial ships and liners. Has a few warships with an emphasis on modern carriers.
Sea Vee: Considered one of the top 2 or 3 producers. Extremely limited quantities.
Konishi: Japanese producer. Slightly different as they use brass which has the advantage of making their stuff pretty tough.
Classic Ship Collection: Very high end models concentrating on famous liners (though they have lots of other ships too). Almost exclusively commercial ships.
Risawoleska: Obscure ships mostly with lots of Scandinavian ferries but really beautiful models.
A few of the notable manufacturers without websites:
Bille- make lots of modern containerships and freighters.
Rhenania- very high quality producer with ships ranging from the 1880's through today.
Superior- US produced line of 1/1200 kits of warships. They take some work but provide good value and are great if you want to do wargaming. Sold only by the manufacturer
Alnavco.
Wirral- UK based producer who does UK merchant ships of the 1900s-1960s. 1/1200 scale and cast in resin not metal. Very good paint work on these models.
Saratoga Model Shipyard- US auxiliaries of the World War II period- oiler, tugs, ammo ships and so on. Just to include one example of Saratoga this is the US Navy oiler Patoka which was converted to be a mooring ship for dirigibles:
