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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.

Great Ideas For Small Scale Exteriors Submitted by Readers

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 About Miniatures

How to submit a photo to the miniatures.about.com website galleries

Miniatures Calendar

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.

Top Miniature Photo Galleries

If you are looking for inspiration this is the place to search.

Miniatures That Support a Cause

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.

Sites Offering Miniature Workshops And Courses

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.

Finding a Miniature Club

Suggestions to help you find a community of fellow miniaturists online or face to face

Showcase of National Food Specialties in Miniature

A gallery showcasing a wide variety of world foods in miniature scales.

Miniature Animals in Several Scales, Realistic and Just Plain Fun

A gallery of scale animals created by the About.com miniatures community members.

Gallery of Miniature Scale Room Boxes

A Photo Gallery of Room Boxes in Various Scales

Miniatures Community Gallery

A gallery of work submitted by the miniatures community of miniatures.about.com for all to enjoy.

Miniatures from recycled materials

A gallery of miniatures projects created free (or almost free) from recycled materials by about.com miniatures readers.

Fall Challenge Gallery - Skeleton Themed Halloween Decorations

A gallery of Halloween themed decorations based on miniature skeletons contributed by readers of miniatures.about.com.

Barcelona Miniature Fair Vendors September 2008

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

Bournemouth Modelmakers - Professional Modelmaking

A degree program in modelmaking and design in Bournemouth, UK.

Port Nicholson Miniature Bottle Club, Wellington New Zealand

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.

National Model Railroad Association Directory of World Rail Sites

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.

Nautical Research Guild List of Ship Model Clubs

World wide list of clubs for all types of Model Ship Building

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