General modeling links

Group and forum sites

Site name	Website URL	Basic description

AFV News	http://www.activevr.com/afv/	An Excellent all armour forum with loads of good links. one of the earlietst forums to make it onto the web. Reasonable Monthly 'Newsletter'
AMPS	http://www.amps-armor.org/default.asp	An organization wholly dedicated to armour and armour modeling. site contains dues info and location for nationals.
Armorama	http://www.armorama.com/index.php	Excellent site whose primary focus is Armour. Other types of modelling are well covered. Login, forums,news and photo galleries are just some of its pluses. Multiple languages and very friendly.
Hyperscale	http://hyperscale.com/	An aircarft and armour focus forum. With the usual suspects for content.
IPMS	http://www.ipmsusa.org/	An international organization that covers all types of modelling. Infortmation about local chapters and dues available on site.
Missing linx	http://www.missing-lynx.com/	Excellent armour forum with multiple discussion forums,vendors and multiple language forums
Storm Domain	http://storm.webvis.net/	TJ Tang's webite based on his business and modeling interests. site includes usual genereal hobby shop info plus a nice modeling forum containing numerous categories, including what was the first IDF forum
Track-link	http://www.track-link.net/	One of the original forums with armour and military figures being its primary focus.login, photogallery articles and news are just some of its pluses

Photo Reference sites

site name	Website URL	Basic description
AFV interiors	http://afvinteriors.hobbyvista.com/	Possibly the the first truly photographic web magazine. Contained excellent photo article on many common vehicles. Unfortunately bandwidth issues have forced it into hopefully temporary retirement.
Armor Foto	http://armorfoto.homestead.com/	This was once a huge photo reference site, now only the webshots pages are still up(link on site)
Armoured Engineer	http://www.armouredengineer.force9.co.uk/	One of two sites by John Tapsell dealing with all manor of......Engieer vehicles. although th ephotos are relatively small, the collection is really nice.
Battle of the bulge	http://ardencim.free.fr/page56.html	this is the link to the sites photo page of WW2 armour, site seems to be down.The photo page still works. good size photos and composed ell for the modeller
Ferrea Mole	http://www.ferreamole.it/	An Italian site with loads of reference and photos, including manual scans.
JED military vehicle directory	http://www.jedsite.info/	A very large database of military vehicles listed alphabetically by name and alpha numeric designation
Prime Portal	http://www.primeportal.net/index.htm	Now here is a huge photo reference site. these pics are sometimes quite big so be ready to take some time down loading .
Second armoured division of leclerc	http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jp2k/2db/main.html#moteur	A site dedicated to Teh second armoured division commanded by Leclerc in WW2. has nice reference section of vehicles
Tank guys	http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~TANK-GUY/index.html	large reference site with loads of data, will require some surfing to find everything.
Tankista	http://davehal9000.tripod.com/tankista2/index.html	Nice site with walk arounds of soviet vehicles
Tankmaster	http://www.thetankmaster.com/english.asp	A Russian/English site which sells Russian kits. The site, however, has a huge refeerence section with probably thousands of pics, including museums like Latrun
Tanxheaven	http://tanxheaven.com/	Kees van der Pols site. The site is geared specifically for the Modeling world with loads of photos and reference.
The Bucket shop	http://www.armouredengineer.force9.co.uk/bucket/	John Tapsells second page page on the venerable M113, excellent series of photos by type and country.
WW2 US armoured force	http://panzervince.membres.jexiste.org/USArmor/index.htm	Vincent Bourguinon's website on WW2 US vehicles. great reference on base vehicles . photos, drawings and basic info.