The Best Hobby Shops in Texas

• Mike's Hobby Shop, Carrollton, TX
• Roy's Hobby Shop, Hurst, TX
• Larry's Hobbies, Houston, TX

National Clubs / Organizations

• Model Warship Combat, inc. (1/144 scale)
• IRCWCC (1/144 scale)
• BattleStations (1/96 scale)

Local Clubs / Chapters

• Model Warship Combat Links
• Texas Naval Brigade (Dallas / Fort Worth)
• Texas Naval Brigade - Austin Armada (San Antonio and Austin)
• Port Polar Bear (our friends from Minnesota)
• Bay Area Mobile Armada (Alabama)
• Central Attack Group - West (Kansas)
• Southeast Attack Squadron (Florida and Georgia)
• Great Lakes Attack Squadron (Michigan)
• North Atlantic Battle Squadron (Canada)
• California Nevada Combat Club (California)
• SCRAP (Southern California)
• Washington Cascade Column (Washington State)
• Front Range Battle Group (Colorado)
• RATS (Rookie Allied Training Squadron, in Maryland)

Personal / Other Pages

• Brian K's Model Warship Combat Page (Brian Koehler)
• The Commodore (Chris Pearce)
• Ron Thibault's Page (a great site for any rookie)
• Warships of the World! (Probably the single best resource for warship information on the web!
• H.M.S. Hood (One of the best pages dedicated to a famous warship of the Royal Navy.
• The Cruiser Houston Collection (The University of Houston hosts the best known collection of USS Houston historical information and artifacts)
• USS Texas Volunteers (The volunteer group charged with care of the last dreadnought battleship)
• USS Kidd (The Louisiana Naval War Memorial, located in Baton Rouge on the Mississippi river, includes an outstanding ship model display, and the best ship tour in the United States!)
• The USS Augusta (home of the augie maru, sister ship of the USS Houston)
• Allied Supreme Headquarters (excellent pre-1999 NATS coverage)
• Tom Tanner (builder of the SMS Hindenberg, and expert on most things German)
• Rick Drozd
• US Navy Ship Camouflage including a description of the different camouflage measures used, and source of paint chips!
• The Battleship Bismarck (The best web site I've found on this great German battleship!)
• The US Naval Historical Center
• The US Naval Institute
• Bomber Field (Location of battles for the central / gulf coast squadron)
• RealPage (This is where I worked for about 8 years, creating cool internet-based software for multifamily property management)
• McAfee (This is where I work now as an IT project manager)
• Scharnhorst Class (cool website on the German battlecruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst!)
• Yamaha Majesty Scooter Club (website devoted to fellow riders of my scooter!)
• The Project Management Institute (As a Project Management Professional, I am a member of this professional organization.)
• Wedgwood Baptist Church (This is where my family and I worshiped while we lived in Fort Worth, Texas when I attended SWBTS. I'll always be a "wedgie"!)