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Modelling Related Clubs &
Associations
Airic.CA...................................................
Canadian Aerial Photography
IPMS DeHaviland Scale Modellers........IPMS club located up at
Downsview
IPMS
Canada ......................................
Head office of the IPMS network in Canada
The Aerobuffs ......................................
Well estabished club specializing in 1/72 aircraft
Buzz Buerling
Scale Modellers............ Small club of guys
who love their airplanes
Peel Scale Modellers
......................... Brampton's
flagship modelling club
IPMS
London .......................................
Great bunch of keeners in the London area
IPMS Ottawa
........................................ Ottawa's local
club
IPMS USA
.......................................... Our good ol
buddies to the south
IMPS Harrow .......................................... Our good friends from West London in the UK
Limestone Scale Model
Club- Kingston
Ah Kingston, pretty town to the east
Group 25
Guelph
Plastic Modellers Group..........Great website from a bunch of
keeners in Guelph
Local Hobby Shops
Aviation
World ........................................The
biggest aviation bookstore in the world
Hornet
Hobbies......................................."The Buzz
starts here". Middle to east end shop
Northstar
Hobbies...................................West end T.O.'s hobby shop.
Collector's
Lane.......................................North
and east in the city. Lots of car stuff
Keith's
Hobby Shop................................Toronto's
oldest shop?
Wheels & Wings
Hobbies...................Friendly east end shop with lots of hard to find models
Local
Distributors
Borgfeldt
Canada .................................... They
distribute Tamiya and Italeri in Canda
Hobbycraft Canada...................................
Distribute Hobbycraft kits around the world
Modelling Related Sites
Hyperscale.........................................................
BIG discussion group.
IPMS Canada
Yahoo Discussion Group.. Talk about things IPMS here
Track
48............................................................
Toronto based website featuring 1/48th vehicles
Milifax.................................................................
Steve Guthrie's Canadian armour site
IPMS Toronto Yahoo Discussion Group.....Talk it up with the guys
of IPMS Toronto
Scalemodelindex.com......................................Tony Mattelinano and 3500 model websites
Modelling Tips
Riveting for Scale Models - Part 1:
Tools
http://www.largescaleplanes.com/tips/RatoMarczak/riveting_1/riveting_1.html
More Riveting:
http://riveter.wz.cz/SBS.pdf
Soldering Photoetch:
http://www.ww2modelmaker.com/articlepub/ESsodht.htm
Resistance Soldering:
http://www.bdsonline.net/brunelmodels/soldering/rstalk.htm
Introduction to Vacform Models:
http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/vacformbg_1.htm
Molding and Casting:
http://www.alumilite.com/howto.cfm
Museums
Toronto Aerospace
Museum..................... Rough, small but interesting
aviation museum
Canadian Warplane Heritage
Museum.... Slick and big aviation museum
WORTHINGTON TANK MUSEUM, CFB Borden
Excellent little armour museum near T.O.
Royal Canadian Air Force
Museum, Trenton Ontario
21/2 hours from T.O. Great displays
Halifax Restoration
Project........................
Based in Trenton see this rare bird
Royal Canadian Military Institute...............
Very old club for members only. Small museum
Marine
Museum of the Great Lakes......... Down at Harbourfront,
great place for the kids
Muskoka
Marine Museum......................... Lot's of boating
history in the northern lakes
Halton
County Radial Railway................... Never been there
but looks like fun
General Attractions When
Visiting
Tourism
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