Visiting or joining a ship model club is a great way to meet others that share your interest, and a way to gain access to knowledge and advice that may help you through your ship modeling dilemmas.

Ship modeling club members, send us your club’s meeting and contact information and we’ll post it here so potential members in your area can find you.

National/International

Nautical Research Guild – Organization that promotes the building of better ship models. Their motto is “Building Better Models Through Research”. A good group that holds an annual conference in different locations of the U.S. 2015 will be at Mystic, CT, so now is a great time to join! Membership includes a subscription to the quarterly Nautical Research Journal. Find out more at http://www.thenrg.org.

California

South Bay Model Shipwrights – Currently meets on the second Saturday of each month from 2pm to 4pm at the Game Kastle, 1350 Coleman Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95050. Contact club president Jim Rhetta, j.rhetta@yahoo.com for more info.

Hyde Street Pier Model Shipwrights – Meets at 9:30am on the third Saturday of each month in their workshop aboard the ferry boat Eureka at the San Francisco National Maritime Historic Park. Contact Clare Hess at catopower@mac.com.

Ship Modelers Association – Southern California group that meets on the third Wednesday of the month at 7pm at the Hobby Day Hall, Hobby Day Hall
1127 N. Anaheim Blvd, Anaheim, CA. Contact club president Harmon Ward at hjw@pacbell.net

More will be added over time.

If you would like to have your ship model club added to this list, please contact us!