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Best in the world right here in Washington State, Gold Medal Models;

http://www.goldmm.com/

From their site, click on the "Links" link and it will give you plenty of distributors.

Washington State? You don't say! I'm at Fort Lewis! Perfect! Thanks MBT70

Hey, me too! Small wrold or what?

Wow! It is a small world! At least I will have someone local to go to, in case I light myself on fire with model glue!

I think I am going to do a Tamiya 1/350 Missouri. I'm going to use the GMM Missouri Kit (and if I want to spend the extra money the 'Gold Plus Missouri Fine Details.") Then I was going to get some of their 40mm & 20mm gun details. I did a 1/350 Fletcher, but a battleship seems to be equal to about 10 of the destroyers! I just wanted to make sure that I covered all my bases for details with that kit. I want to get everything at the same time, so I don't have to stop construction on it.

After the Mighty Mo, I think I'll try my hand at Iron Shipwright's USS Alaska. But that will have to wait until I get back from Iraq and have a little coin in my pocket.

What about White Ensign Models PE kits here in good ole' Blighty then?

Highly thought of too - check em out.