This page is a collection of online communities and discussion groups that deal with plastic modeling

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Online Communities
Online Discussion Boards and Fanzines.
ArmoramA
This site was built with the goal of providing a fun place for
model builders to share information and generally have a
good time.
Swanny's Models  An online fanzine created by an
Industrial Engineer from Sandusky Ohio.
Track-Link. A Canadian newsgroup for armor modelers.
Track48.  A discussion group for modelers of 1/48 scale
armor.
Model Ship World. Model Ship World is a community of ship
and boat modellers from around the world.
Ship Modeling Forum. A forum dedicated to the hand
crafting of model ships and boats.
Agape Models. An online modeling group and
Christian ministry.
Toy Collector. ToyPedia is a free content encyclopedia
project, that ultimately intends to cover every vintage
and/or collectible toy ever produced
Hobby Link International. Home of the WAR PIGS. An world
wide online community for scale modelers. HLI hosts a
quarterly online modeling contest.  
Aircraft Carrier Builders. An online community For modelers
of navel aviation and aircraft carriers.
Missing-lynx.com was created to fill a gap in the market for
a high quality, intelligent, AFV model-making community
website.
Yahoo Groups
Plasticmodelers. The News Group For Plastic Models.
Space Modelers.A discussion group of people who build or are
interested in building models of space, rocketry and research
aircraft (X-planes) related items.
Shipmodels. A Forum for builders of plastic and wooden ship
models, all skills, all scales.
Carmodelers. Building-N-Collecting car models, yep!
MotorcycleModelling. The group is for all modellers interested in
sharing tips, techniques and 1:1 references for building scale
motorcycle models.
MiniatureMachines. This group is dedicated to the discussion and
use of Clisby Miniature Machines.
SmallScaleModels.  A group dedicated to modeling 1/100 and
1/144 scale aircraft.
Airliner Modelling Digest. The world's largest discussion group for
scale airliner modelling.
QuarterScaleArmor. A group dedicated to modeling 1/4 scale armor.
FaceBook Groups
Russian Military Vehicles, Tanks, Weapons, Helicopters, and Gear.
Hobby Link International. A group created for the hobbyist who
enjoys building or just admiring scale models.
ARA Model Group. A group for all those that enjoy to the point of
obsession, building and making all forms of kits.
TAMIYA. Welcome all who own Tamiya models to share their
memories and fighting histories
Scale Modelers. This is for anyone interested in scale modeling.
Weather it be scratch-building, injection plastic kits, resin kits,
vacu-formed kits, or paper/card kits.
Facebook Scale Model Society.         
For those who are interested in the art of scale modeling. Both
novices and professionals are welcome.
AMPS Israel.
To foster a knowledge and appreciation of the history of armored
vehicles, through examination of preserved examples located in
both museums and private collections, in miniature through
modeling  
MySpace Groups
IPMS - Galaxy MySpace group for the Galaxy Chapter of the
International Plastic Modelers Society. Located in Dover, Delaware.
Plastic modeling, & Model Kits.
Plastic models come in all different ratio's and brand names.
How to paint, tips on building, company's and other tricks on building
and detailing your models. Share your work and see others.

(Note: The moderator for this group died about 2 years ago. The
group remains up as a memorial.)
Building Model Cars.  A MySpace group for model car builders.
Plastic Airplane Modelers United. A MySpace group for builders of
plastic model aircraft.