Man have you walked into another world. Imho, ship modeling is a whole new ballgame. Personally I find the results much better using enamel paint on ships. If you're modeling 1/350, I have found that you run a very high risk of "pulling paint" when masking details for airbrushing. If you are brush painting, it probably won't matter. Tamiya masking tape is relatively expensive but has less "tack" thus not damaging the underlying color.
Depending on your expectations, research is a must for ship's colors. Not to write a book for you but, generally you've got 3 different surfaces to consider, vertical, horizontal, and the below waterline hull colors.
With Tamiya paints, virtually every accurate prototype color that I've neede required custom mixing. With Modelmaster, the color selection is much greater.
What really sold me on enamel is a year and half ago I started painting a 1/350 Tamiya Enterprise. I sprayed the hull a haze gray then masked the hull to paint the hull red, both with acrylic. The gray paint went on perfectly . After removing the tape from painting the hull red I nearly had a stroke! The acrylic paint came off on both sides of the hull so badly that I has to strip the whole thing and start over! Never again. I'll stay with the enamel.
Jump over to Modelwarships.com and Steelnavy.com. They both have huge galleries that will be very helpful.
If you really want to talk to sombody in the know, get Jeff Herne to way in on this one. He has helped me in the past.