Miniatures Community - Clubs, Conferences, Shows, Shops,Forums
Connections to all sorts of clubs for miniatures including dolls' houses, railroads, collectibles, die casts and other miniatures. Includes photo galleries from shows and individuals, upcoming conventions, shows, mailing lists, newsgroups and forums. Face to face or online links.
Gallery of ideas for dolls house and scale building exteriors submitted by readers of the miniatures.about.com website.
How to submit a photo to the miniatures.about.com website galleries
Monthly calendar of events for miniatures and collectibles including dollhouses, model and diecast vehicles, model trains, boats, military miniatures and toy soldiers and other miniature collectibles.
If you are looking for inspiration this is the place to search.
Erin Conner-DeSilvey created this 1:12 scale boutique and day spa as a breast cancer benefit project for the Susan G. Komen Foundation of Greater Kansas City.
Although shows and clubs are the traditional workshop providers, there are adult play days, residential courses and doll's house holidays available to learn modelling skills. You can learn basic skills, new techniques, or complete a major project.
Suggestions to help you find a community of fellow miniaturists online or face to face
A gallery showcasing a wide variety of world foods in miniature scales.
A gallery of scale animals created by the About.com miniatures community members.
A Photo Gallery of Room Boxes in Various Scales
A gallery of work submitted by the miniatures community of miniatures.about.com for all to enjoy.
A gallery of miniatures projects created free (or almost free) from recycled materials by about.com miniatures readers.
A gallery of Halloween themed decorations based on miniature skeletons contributed by readers of miniatures.about.com.
Photos of the September 2008 Barcelona Miniatures Fair Vendors Tables. This shows the entire fair, which is unusual, many shows won't allow photos of vendors. This site is in Spanish, but the photos are self explanatory
A degree program in modelmaking and design in Bournemouth, UK.
Home site of the Port Nicholson Miniature Bottle Club of Wellington New Zealand. This well organized website has information on identifying bottles as well as lists of sites, collection and clubs featuring miniature bottles all over the world. A great place to start if you are trying to locate a community interested in the many ranges of miniature liquor bottles.
Clubs, shops and railroad layouts in all scales from around the world. This is the first place to look for a rail club to join or visit.
World wide list of clubs for all types of Model Ship Building