Sources

KITS & ACCESSORIES                                                                      EQUIPMENT & MATERIALS

Billing Boats

Maker of high quality wooden kits and parts

Bluejacket Ship Crafters

Maker of high quality kits and parts

Dumas Products

Maker of high quality kits and parts. Many R/C kits

Maris Stella

Maker of high quality kits and parts

Maritime Models

Maker of high quality kits and parts

Master Korabel

Maker of high quality kits and parts

Model Shipways

Maker of high quality kits and parts

Ages of Sail

Vendor of ship modeler"s kits, parts, materials and tools. Includes how-to articles and links.

Cast Your Anchor

Vendor of ship modeler's kits, parts and materials

MicroMark

General modeler"s supply including kits, parts and tools

Modeler's Central

General modeler's supply including kits, parts, materials and tools

Model Expo

General modeler's supply including kits, parts, materials and tools

Midwest Products

General modeler's supplly including kits, parts, materials, and tools

Wooden Model Ship Kits

Vendor for multiple kit & part makers plus specialized tools

Byrnes Model Machines

Maker of precision modeler's machines

No Piracy

Support original designers and companies by not buying knockoff kits and parts

Paper/Cardstock Model Sources

WAKhttps://www.wak.pl

This is currently a favorite Polish publisher and shop, as they have the best shipping rates to the US

GPM:  https://sklep.gpm.pl/en

GPM is one of the largest card model publishers in Poland.  They have a large selection of ship models in many scales, in their own line and from many other publishers as well.  They also have an extensive inventory of after-market accessories

Modelik:  https://modelik.pl

Modelik carries only their own line of models, but these are not all the work of one designer.  Modelik kits are generally well-regarded in the hobby 

JSC:  https://jsc.pl/en/3-modele

JSC have an extensive line of ship models. They are one of the few Polish publishers to offer a large selection of models in scales other than the usual 1/200 favored in that country.  JSC kits are normally either 1/250 or 1/400.  Many of JSC’s kits are older, hand-drawn designs

Shipyardhttps://model-shipyard.com/en/135-paper-models 

A publisher of sailing subjects in 1/72 and 1/96 scales. Shipyard kits are available in the US from Ages of Sail.

Kartonowy Arsenal (KA):  https://www.halinski.com.pl

Better known as Halinski, KA offers highly detailed models.  KA kits are best suited for advanced modelers

Seahorsehttps://seahorse.pl

Sailing subjects in a variety of scales.

HMV:  https://www.h-m-v.de

The Hamburger Modellbaubogen Verlag is likely the premier German ship model source.  Their kits are published in 1/250 scale, the scale preferred in Germany.  They have a wide selection of warships, passenger ships, and merchantmen.  They offer many after-market detail sets

Moewe Verlag:  https://www.papermod.com

Also known as Wilhelmshavener, this publisher has an extensive line of warships, passenger ships, and merchantmen in 1/250.  Ordering from them can be kind of tricky, since many of their kits are older hand-drawn models, and this isn’t indicated in the product description  

J F Schreiber:  https://www.schreiber-bogen.com

Schreiber is the third major German publisher.  Their kits are, as a rule, less detailed than either HMV or Moewe, but they offer more kits of simpler subjects suited to beginning modelers.  They also offer more kits in 1/100 scale than other publishers and operate an on-line store.

Paper Shipwright:  https://www.papershipwright.co.uk

Designer David Hathaway’s line of kits is unique in its extensive offering of buildiings, as well as ships.  These are generally very good kits and also reasonably priced, with a fair but not overwhelming amount of detail.  

Orel:  http://papermodeling.net

This Ukrainian publisher is prolific and offers a large selection of Czarist-era warships, sailing vessels, and Civil War ironclads in 1/200 scale

World of Paper Shipshttps://www.worldofpaperships.nl

Dutch ships, ferries

In addition to the publishers just listed, there are some e-commerce sites that sell card models in general:

Shipmodell.com (Hungary)

Karton Modell Shop (Germany)

Marcle Models (UK)

Super-hobby.fr (France)

Cardfaq.org (free, but older website that is not maintained)