Resin

Dread gave the broad-brush answer.  Ask about specific scales & subjects.   The following list is not complete.   Feel free to chime in with more

1:96 -- Old Steam Navy - ACW, Cottage Industry - ACW

1:192 -- Flagship Models (ex Lone Star) - ACW

1:200 -- Verlinden  - ACW

1:350 -- Yankee Modelworks (ex Blue Water Navy) US, IJN, Russian ships & subs, WWII to modern; Iron Shipwright - US, RN Spanish-American War to present,  Classic (ex Gulfsteam, ex Accurate Miniatures) - USN WWII;  White Ensign Models - RN, USN WWII to modern; Resin Shipyard - Canadian, YS Masterpiece - USN Spanish American War

1:400 -- L'Arsenal - French

1:700 -- KoboHiryu - USN & IJN WWII,  Waveline - various have become PitRoad Plastic kits; HP Models - All countries, all periods, DocModell - various; B Resina - various; JAG Collective USN Postwar Gators & Auxilliaries,  WEM - RN; Classic Warships -- Pearl Harbor BB; Yankee Modelworks - onesie-twosie, Iron Shipwright - ditto; Ships & Co - USN Postwar, Admiralty Modelworks - RN 'tween wars;  Loose Cannon - USN & RN oddball stuff

PeeweeBiggs wrote:

Hello...what are the popular brands and scales for the resin ship kits? Does someone have an opinion or preference of these compared to the plastic kits?   Peewee

There are literally hundreds, if not thousands of resin kits on the market. If you want information on specific ships and the kits that are available for them you would be better advised to ask about specific ships and the scale you want to work in. The most popular scale is 1/700. The larger more expensive 1/350 kits are pretty much the standard in larger scale. There are models in scales that range across the spectrum.

Once you decide on a ship and scale you want to work in then go to sites like this one and ask about that ship and scale or go to www.steelnavy.com for their reviews or the reviews on www.modelwarships.com or to www.quuxuum.org/rajens_list/shiprevs.html, a site with hundreds of ship model reviews. WS